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Not to mention that those bullshit jobs that don't really impact the company's earnings initially tends to include stuff like fixing the IT systems and handling customer issues within an acceptable time frame...



^This. It isn't easy to say, in the short-term, what the costs of cutting those jobs is. You might be underinvesting in future products, or in satisfying current customers. None of that will be immediately reflected.




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