On: eBay Is Conducting a 'Mass Layoff' in the Bay Area

[wumpus]

The reason it's a "mass layoff" is because that's what the California law requiring notification calls it. Better articles about this news mention facts like EBay's end-of-2017 employee count being 14,100 people.

That's 2%.

[fiveFeet → wumpus]

Thank you for mentioning this. It gives a much better perspective.