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I doubt these are at all related to Twitter layoffs, we've been seeing announcements of layoffs from tech companies a few times a week for a few weeks now.

I think the point is about the timing of the announcement. I could see it landing a little softer when people are talking about the Twitter stuff.

On the other hand, big companies do this all the time and get a little bad press and then move on with their lives.

There's no way that they planned a layoff within a week. They take much longer to plan and execute.

Def, I meant more moving up the timeline to get it into this new cycle.

There’s no way these people chat in a Signal chat group?

It’s funny how people on a technology forum discount other normal humans also using technology

I mean Musk’s Twitter texts just revealed they do exactly that.

If they did they'd have pushed to Friday evening or Monday.

I think once the layoffs started companies began to follow suit. There's a serious herd mentality that's hard to avoid.

More likely in response to the interest rate raise. Effectively the leathal injection to the tech sector.

I suspect we'll see more of these in the coming weeks as companies go through planning for next year.