Mark Zuckerberg explains why so many tech companies are doing layoffs right now (www.businessinsider.com)

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Mark Zuckerberg explains why so many tech companies are doing layoffs right now::Meta's CEO said tech execs realized doing tough layoffs didn't end their companies — and there can be benefits to being leaner.

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[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

So it's just semantics?

Then they have less workforce? I'm not sure that is correct but I am curious what the correct phrasing is if not.

[-] BlameItOnSomeone@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Yep - less workforce (because workforce is a singular object) but fewer workers (because the "number of workers" is a countable object)

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