Unnamed tech CEO plans to fire 15% of workers now, 20% in 2 years, 20% more after

Unnamed tech CEO plans to fire 15% of workers now, 20% in 2 years, 20% more after | I talked to uh CEO of a publicly traded tech company and he said unannounced he said we're going to fire 15% of our workers and then two years from now we're going to fire another 20%. And then two years after that we're going to fire another 20%.

I talked to uh CEO of a publicly traded tech company and he said unannounced he said we're going to fire 15% of our workers and then two years from now we're going to fire another 20%. And then two years after that we're going to fire another 20%.

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