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Amazon staff might get paid 50% less because shares have fallen so much

(fortune.com)
66 points colanderman | 3 comments | 21 Feb 23 23:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.625s | source
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quest88 ◴[22 Feb 23 00:22 UTC] No.34889755[source]▶
Why are the shares down so badly? I'm out of the loop.
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1. markdown ◴[22 Feb 23 00:25 UTC] No.34889784[source]▶
Covid19 is gone. We need Covid20 to get Amazon stock up again.
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2. ceejayoz ◴[22 Feb 23 00:29 UTC] No.34889811[source]▶
19 is the discovery year, not the iteration. It'd be COVID-23 (year, disease) and SARS-CoV-3 (iteration, virus) if we found a new SARS-causing coronavirus this year.
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3. icedchai ◴[22 Feb 23 00:56 UTC] No.34890042[source]▶
Humor can be difficult to express through text, I guess.