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Twitter laying off 9% of global work force

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  • 27-10-2016 01:26PM
    #1
    A Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭


    No harm to give it to them. Smug IT workers during the recession gloating in their cushy jobs. Won't be long before they're all replaced with computers anyway. And smug HR saying to upskill and learn code lol. IT the dying trade.


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    #2
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,073 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Smug IT workers during the recession gloating in their cushy jobs.

    A Bitter Mars Bar would be more appropriate.


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    Harvey Normal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 750 ✭✭✭Harvey Normal


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    No harm to give it to them. Smug IT workers during the recession gloating in their cushy jobs. Won't be long before they're all replaced with computers anyway. And smug HR saying to upskill and learn code lol. IT the dying trade.

    If computers replace software engineers they will replace everything else. This is one company's problem. Probably mostly non tech layoffs


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    JustTheOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭JustTheOne


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    No harm to give it to them. Smug IT workers during the recession gloating in their cushy jobs. Won't be long before they're all replaced with computers anyway. And smug HR saying to upskill and learn code lol. IT the dying trade.

    Yeah great more people loosing jobs, sure that won't affect the tax payer.


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    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    IT the dying trade.


    Believe that if you want!


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    Winterlong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭Winterlong


    Bitter taste of this thread.


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    #7
    A Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭A Battered Mars Bar


    Harvey Normal wrote: »
    If computers replace software engineers they will replace everything else. This is one company's problem. Probably mostly non tech layoffs

    You don't need human operator the computer. Computer operate the computer.


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    eeguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭eeguy


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    IT the dying trade.

    The most profitable trade in the last 20 years you mean?


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    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    I hope they find an even cushyier job before the next recession.


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    A Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭A Battered Mars Bar


    eeguy wrote: »
    The most profitable trade in the last 20 years you mean?

    Eh 12 years ago the trades was in bits. Their time is over. The little run is finished. Confined to the ages like the factory workers of the past.


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    A Battered Mars Bar
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    Your Face wrote: »
    I hope they find an even cushyier job before the next recession.

    I doubt they've much skill in anything else. Probably best learn shovel.


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    eeguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭eeguy


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    Eh 12 years ago the trades was in bits. Their time is over. The little run is finished. Confined to the ages like the factory workers of the past.

    Not even worth thinking of a rebuttal


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    [Deleted User]
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    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    No harm to give it to them. Smug IT workers during the recession gloating in their cushy jobs. Won't be long before they're all replaced with computers anyway. And smug HR saying to upskill and learn code lol. IT the dying trade.


    Oh Yipee great......people losing jobs???......:confused:

    Seriously OP


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    A Battered Mars Bar
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    JustTheOne wrote: »
    Yeah great more people loosing jobs, sure that won't affect the tax payer.

    Will be great actually. As the hard working decent tax payer won't be funding these free loading spongers any longer. Still waiting on my 13 billion apple.


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    eeguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭eeguy


    Care to share what you do OP?

    Just so we can have a good laugh.


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    JustTheOne
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    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    Will be great actually. As the hard working decent tax payer won't be funding these free loading spongers any longer. Still waiting on my 13 billion apple.

    What?


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    Stigura
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭Stigura


    OP gets all twisted up over Twitter, I'd say.


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    #18
    [Deleted User]
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    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    You don't need human operator the computer. Computer operate the computer.



    Ye you'll figure it out eventually......There has to be someone at the end of a computer somewhere.... Do you actually need this explained to you? :confused:


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    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    IT a dying trade.

    That's the funniest thing I've read in AH in the past year :D


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    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    #jobfairy


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    #21
    Francie Barrett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,401 ✭✭✭✭Francie Barrett


    Aren't Twitter in Ireland?


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    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Twitters been flagging for a long time. Huge overheads and very poor profits (if any) for a company valued in the billions.

    Over time it's been having difficulty gaining new users as it's largely become a platform for loud people to be loud and angry at eachother and marketing companies to gather data on you.

    Unlike facebook, there's no personal aspect to twitter, the "social" aspect involves getting into arguments and the nature of what it does has remained largely unchanged.

    Other platforms have diversified not only the nature of the platform, but also the nature of the business; facebook is building enormous datacentres and will likely enter the cloud computing market against AWS.

    Twitter hasn't, and now it's a dead duck (pun intended).


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    #23
    A Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭A Battered Mars Bar


    JustTheOne wrote: »
    What?

    Are you deaf?


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    gandalf
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    Twitter was banking on being taken over. The last serious suitor was Salesforce and they said around two weeks ago that they weren't interested. Afaik Twitter has never made money so it was inevitable that they would downsize. Even if they were taken over there would have been a bloodbath.

    If technical staff are let go they will find a job almost immediately. The "soft skills" people may have a tougher struggle. Whatever happens I wish them good luck, it's not a nice trait to revel in anothers misfortune OP :rolleyes:


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    #25
    A Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭A Battered Mars Bar


    eeguy wrote: »
    Care to share what you do OP?

    Just so we can have a good laugh.

    I'm beer taster for well known brand.


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    [Deleted User]
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    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    Will be great actually. As the hard working decent tax payer won't be funding these free loading spongers any longer. Still waiting on my 13 billion apple.

    And what about the common worker with Twitter who has bills to pay and families to support? :mad: Cop the fúck on. Unemployment is never fun for anyone and it puts extra pressure on the state coffers too

    I dont agree with the tax breaks either but i certainly dont want to see jobs lost.


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    Butters1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭Butters1979


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    No harm to give it to them. Smug IT workers during the recession gloating in their cushy jobs. Won't be long before they're all replaced with computers anyway. And smug HR saying to upskill and learn code lol. IT the dying trade.

    Believe me, as computers replace the workforce, IT jobs will just increase. These lay offs have nothing to do with the IT sector. But hey, people are losing their jobs, come on the internet to cheer about it. It means less people paying into your dole.


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    #28
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    I thought a Mars bar helped you to work, not just rest and play?


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    #29
    eeguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,399 ✭✭✭eeguy


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    I'm beer taster for well known brand.

    Aren't we all. :D


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    #30
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,286 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    I'm beer taster for well known brand.

    Explains your posts....go off and sleep it off.


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    Graham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,642 ✭✭✭✭Graham


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    I'm beer taster for well known brand.

    You're obviously working today then ;)


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