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>Why? (Genuine question).

Because I was there to witness the disintegration of a company and the losses it created? Instead of layoffs, you have entire departments/factory shuttering.

When Nortel shut down, many engineers interviewed for BB (same province). I still remember how they looked when we told them we won't proceed with the hiring.

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If Google were to collapse they'd be releasing a lot of skilled people into a hot job market. This isn't a case of shutting the "company town" heavy industry employer suddenly cutting a lot of blue collar people (many equally highly skilled but for jobs that require more infrastructure).

I understand the Nortel case (I remember those days), but the job scene in Ontario was quite different 20 years ago.

And that's certainly no reason to try to prop up a company that's basically a drag on the industry.

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