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Vice Plans Hundreds of Layoffs: Decision ‘Not Made Lightly’
Breitbart ^ | 02/22/2024 | Paul Bois

Posted on 02/22/2024 6:29:04 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Vice Media announced in a memo this week that it will be laying off hundreds of employees as it faces a sale.

Vice Media CEO Bruce Dixon said in the company-wide email that the decision to lay off “several hundred” staff members did not come lightly.

“This decision was not made lightly,” Dixon wrote.

Dixon added that fired staffers will be notified of the next steps next week.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: decision; layoffs; learntocode; lightly; vice
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1 posted on 02/22/2024 6:29:04 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Learn to Code” alert!


2 posted on 02/22/2024 6:29:52 PM PST by kiryandil
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I hate it when that happens


3 posted on 02/22/2024 6:38:25 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: kiryandil

>> “Learn to Code” alert!

I can tell you right now, journalists learning to code are gonna have trouble with booleans.

That racist ol’ compiler is gonna flag

bool x = mytruth;

... as a syntax error every time!


4 posted on 02/22/2024 6:40:33 PM PST by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
They cratered fast.

2017 valuation: ~$6B
2023 valuation: ~$350M

5 posted on 02/22/2024 6:43:04 PM PST by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Breaks my heart.


6 posted on 02/22/2024 6:52:45 PM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So, is Soros going to by Vice Media?


7 posted on 02/22/2024 6:56:12 PM PST by Parley Baer
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>> “This decision was not made lightly”

Meaningless statement


8 posted on 02/22/2024 7:03:48 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: kiryandil
[“Learn to Code” alert!]

Vice Media employees responding to e-mail memo this week that it will be laying off hundreds of as it faces a sale:

Headbang2

9 posted on 02/22/2024 7:11:09 PM PST by Col Freeper (Praise and Trust in the LORD in All Things at All Times.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So how many people work there?

Along with who what where when and why. Numbers in contxt.


10 posted on 02/23/2024 5:15:53 AM PST by Chickensoup
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To: Chickensoup

My question is, “Who is vice media and should I really give a damn?”


11 posted on 02/23/2024 5:19:35 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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