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danlitt 15 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Patreon laying off 20% of staff

If we are going to be honest we should be completely honest. "We want to increase our profits and hence we choose to lay people off."

KronisLV 15 days ago [–]

> I am the person responsible for that decision, and I take that with the utmost seriousness.

I also somehow didn’t hear that the leadership is taking a pay cut either, if money is so tight.

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