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points by INTPenis 3 days ago | 0 comments

Are they all publicly traded? I have this theory that publicly traded companies hire people to inflate their stock value.

Because it's a legit question, like if a companye can lay off thousands of people and still run their service, what were they all doing?

[–] wallst07 2 days ago

Have you worked at a public company, or better yet one that went public while you worked there?

The amount of people working on regulation, compliance and other non-revenue generating responsibilities increases substantially.

[–] INTPenis 2 days ago

Yeah sure, but thousands?

I work with regulations because I'm in charge of IT at a small but busy healthcare provider. We're like 3 people who handle ISO certification and NIST compliance, on the side.