• mycodesucks@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    As soon as people stop looking, Google will shut down the whole office. It’s how tons of huge companies get around “can’t lay off union workers”.

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      21 hours ago

      They just spent £1.3bn on building that office

      Even the most egregious caricature of a union buster is gonna baulk at throwing that investment away

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        18 hours ago

        They can rent out or sell the building and recoup a measure of that investment. It’s nothing compared to the windfall they’ll get from selling snake oil on a military procurement contract.