Publicly traded companies will fire white collar workers very quickly

Publicly traded companies will fire white collar workers very quickly | So I think publicly traded companies are going to fire white collar workers uh very very quickly and the easiest people to fire are the people you haven't hired yet

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So I think publicly traded companies are going to fire white collar workers uh very very quickly and the easiest people to fire are the people you haven't hired yet

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