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[–] LodeMike 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Were people fired en masse due to COVID?

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

... Yes.

About 40% of the company I work for.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

And half the companies that took PPP loans to stay afloat just had their owners pocket the cash and fire everyone anyways.

[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

I work in air travel. We were gutted