Companies ranging from Amazon to Twitter are laying off staff.
Experts say it may not be long before the products the companies sell become harder to find.
Tech companies are going to be a lot more conservative with the features they release and maintain.
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The effects of a tech downturn may already be evident.
Nahapetyan said that he’s begun seeing more and worse ads on Instagram.
“I find myself reporting ads with inappropriate content more often than before,” he said.
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He said that layoffs create animosity in the workforce.
“Animosity creates employees or contractors willing to take malicious action,” Burland added.
“Mass layoffsespecially those that are executed poorlyare a known cause of insider threat incidents.
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“You’ll be surprised how willing companies are to share specifics with their customers.”
