While much of the focus in the current news cycle seems to be on celebrity top executives and the minutiae of selecting and deselecting them, there is an underlying trend receiving far less notice: layoffs of ordinary workers at tech companies.
The problem stems from the long-term malaise of the x86/Windows ecosystem, which has been largely upended by the iOS/Android/ARM ecosystem in the fast-growing high-mobility space. Yes, hundreds of millions of PCs will continue to be sold year in and year out for the next decade or even longer.
Perhaps Jon Peddie nailed it best when he said, “A PC is a truck, and sometimes you need a truck.” But all the growth is in high mobility, and PC companies are losing jobs.
Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Layoffs In Tech Now A Permanent Feature – Forbes.
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