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		jsiepkes on Jan 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google to reduce workforce by 12k > it's perfectly normal language for the situation and it's understandable to anyone who has developed the skill of not taking every word literally. That's imposing US cultural norms on the rest of the world.

phpisthebest on Jan 20, 2023 [–]

Given that we are talking about a US Citizen working as a CEO of US Company...

jsiepkes on Jan 20, 2023 | [–]

So all of those 12K people are going to be in US offices? Noone outside of the US is going to get fired?

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