Facebook reportedly laying off thousands of employees
It’s crazy to me how Facebook has so many employees when their entire business is basically managing 3 software products (Facebook, instagram and the advertising platform).<p>Meanwhile I think Apple has about the same number of employees if you subtract the retail Apple store workers.<p>Yet, Apple’s business is comprised of managing, and this is only a rough guess:<p>- 30+ hardware products and their supply chain, marketing and distribution<p>- A microprocessor and component design business<p>- 3 entire operating systems and developer tools and app store sales infrastructure for each<p>- 50+ software products and services, including competitors for Microsoft office suite, Netflix, Spotify, Google Chrome, Dropbox, Adobe Premier, Zoom,  and more<p>- a film & tv production business<p>- a massive physical retail store footprint<p>- a global e-commerce store<p>- I’m sure I’m forgetting something else