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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Facebook to Boost Staff 50%

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(Newser) – Facebook is planning to expand its 1,000-strong staff by up to 50% this year, Mark Zuckerberg says, taking advantage of a surplus of engineers in a weak job market. In an interview with Bloomberg, the 25-year-old CEO also says he wants to turn a profit by next year, in part by clamping down on costs. "The thing I want to remind people of is we’re way closer to the beginning than the end," he says.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, attends the Digital Life Design conference on January 27, 2009 in Munich, Germany.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, attends the Digital Life Design conference on January 27, 2009 in Munich, Germany.   (Getty Images)
Mark Zuckerberg, the 25-year-old CEO of Facebook, said he plans to expand the company's workforce by up to 50%.
Mark Zuckerberg, the 25-year-old CEO of Facebook, said he plans to expand the company's workforce by up to 50%.   (©leafar.)
A Facebook screenshot.
A Facebook screenshot.   (©Evi Christodoulou)
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Jojo
Aug 24, 09 8:34 AM CDT
Facebook is dying and this proves it further - he says he's hiring them to take advantage of the market full of engineers out of a job, not because they need them. Sorry dude, but everyone is on Twitter - you don't have to mess with so much bullshit there. Just add friends, say something to them, and be done with it. Reply
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pyrohasadd
Aug 24, 09 8:48 AM CDT
I don't know a single person on Twitter.
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knightkrm
Aug 24, 09 12:13 PM CDT
I don't like twitter at all. I don't even understand why it exists. Facebook is dying but it's better. That's my opinion. Reply
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y8gr
Aug 24, 09 12:19 PM CDT
with 250 million users and 5 billion active minutes spent on facebook daily, i would say that it's hardly dying Reply
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y8gr
Aug 24, 09 12:23 PM CDT
active users spend over 5 billion minutes daily on facebook...it's hardly dying Reply
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