• Initial Public Offer. Basically, the company going public on the stock market. They tend to try and look “shiny” before going public to make them attractive to buyers who want to make money from investing into the company.

    In my experience (from working a place that has done this) they will do some waves of layoffs and make some operational budget cuts, as well as sometimes freeze some capex spending so the books look juicier. This includes things that may cause long-term harm, for short ish (under a year) gain.

    Script is pretty similar with most companies that do this in tech, with predictable results.

    • @mrbruh@lemmy.one
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      12 years ago

      Firstly I want to really thank you for taking time to write up this response.

      Anyways it definitely makes sense what reddit it doing, although it’s no excuse for being such a little bitch. So in other words, let them burn lol

    • @Rhabuko@feddit.de
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      12 years ago

      The only thing I ask myself right now is: Do they get rid of porn subs before IPO or shortly after?