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McDonald’s Shuts Corporate Offices Ahead of Layoffs

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Re: McDonald’s Shuts Corporate Offices Ahead of Layoffs

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Return to the office... unless we're making layoffs, then work from home. Great.

"We find it's always better to fire people virtually . Studies have statistically shown that there's less chance of an incident if you do it online ." Office Space needs a remake.

Up in the Air - Video Chat Firing (2009) HD https://youtu.be/MIexe6aa14w

Re: McDonald’s Shuts Corporate Offices Ahead of Layoffs

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"This story was produced with the assistance of Bloomberg Automation."

News sites have used automation to convert press releases and quoted other publications into articles for decades. Nothing new here.

Might be using BloombergGPT, which is the interesting part.

Re: McDonald’s Shuts Corporate Offices Ahead of Layoffs

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

"We find it's always better to fire people virtually . Studies have statistically shown that there's less chance of an incident if you do it online ." Office Space needs a remake.

Up in the Air - Video Chat Firing (2009) HD https://youtu.be/MIexe6aa14w

It’s funny that in 2009 this must have seemed so cold and heartless. Now we just send an email and shut off the logins.

Re: McDonald’s Shuts Corporate Offices Ahead of Layoffs

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Up in the Air - Video Chat Firing (2009) HD https://youtu.be/MIexe6aa14w

It’s funny that in 2009 this must have seemed so cold and heartless. Now we just send an email and shut off the logins.

In a weird way there's something more "human" about admitting the inhumanity, almost.

Re: McDonald’s Shuts Corporate Offices Ahead of Layoffs

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

News sites have used automation to convert press releases and quoted other publications into articles for decades. Nothing new here.

Might be using BloombergGPT, which is the interesting part.

BloombergGPT is trained on financial information - it's almost certainly for that side of the business, not the reporting side.
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