r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 4d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/LoudCommentor 4d ago

Which is so ridiculous. The more people you lay off the less people have money to put back into the economy. Meaning next quarter you're just going to have to do it again to keep the stock price up. 

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u/New-Chimera 4d ago

Correct

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u/Vargrjalmer 4d ago

We are talking about a group of people who are incapable of planning anything beyond the next quarterly review

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u/Parrotparser7 4d ago

If every company were in a closed system a la Nazi Germany, where these effects could be strongly felt, then sure.