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chundicus
5y ago
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Sorry for my daftness, but what is the incentive behind intentionally losing a bunch of staff before 'exiting'? Just to reduce your cash burn?
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namenotrequired
5y ago
Mostly to get better profitability numbers to show to potential acquirers
andrewingram
5y ago
Exactly. A small number of us were offered packages to incentivise us to stay (ironically we still left), but the vast majority weren't. Which led us to conclude that the plan was to just keep everything afloat long enough to sell.
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