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Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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post #8

When the economy and job market began storming back, we were inundated with inbound requests for our services. Our perseverance seemed to be paying off. Except now we were hit with a new gut punch: “The Great Resignation.” Now our workers were reticent to come back to work. And if they did accept a job, they’d often leave after only a few days. As in the workers you placed, employees of 70MR? Why would they leave aft…

I manage IT for an office and one of our hires said they got covid, took a month to join, and then when she showed up her manager decided to move her desk. I think maybe I got the desktop and a monitor moved before I was told to stop because she just quit. I can think of maybe 3 people in my office that have stayed for over a year, none on bad terms, just hopping jobs.

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Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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post #10

Hi Richard, I'd like to donate towards retiring the debt you've personally guaranteed. How can I do this? Thanks for trying, it's more than most do. My genuine condolences you were unable to maintain traction due to the macro. (agree with 0des' sibling comment, hibernate the effort vs this being the death of it)

Just to state the obvious, do this after he's negotiated down any debts if possible.

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Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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When the economy and job market began storming back, we were inundated with inbound requests for our services. Our perseverance seemed to be paying off. Except now we were hit with a new gut punch: “The Great Resignation.” Now our workers were reticent to come back to work. And if they did accept a job, they’d often leave after only a few days. As in the workers you placed, employees of 70MR? Why would they leave aft…

I would also like more information about this phenomenon.

What’s the scale of this? For example, how many people accepted a job and then quit within a few days?

How did it impact these people’s lives? For example, did this result in increased recidivism? If so, at what scale?

Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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you should be proud of yourselves

i'm sure your company will be missed by those who you helped get new opportunities in life

it's better to try and fail changing the world, than never try, live a meaningless, unfulfilling, but comfortable life

you gave a shot, but i'm sure you didn't run out of ammo!

try again next time!

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