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Npmlayoffs

• bostonvaulter2 8y ago
  Related register article: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/01/npm_layoff_staff/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/01/npm_layoff_staff/ The focus on greatly increasing revenue seems possibly troublesome depending on how they go about it: > The layoffs actually started last summer. The biz hired a new CEO, Bryan Bogensberger, to take the company from about $3m in annual revenue to 10x-20x that, explained an early NPM employee who spoke with The Register on condition of anonymity.
• matchbok 8y ago
  Can't imagine why NPM needs a "developer advocate", to be honest.
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• dang 8y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19500853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19500853
  • greenyoda 8y ago
    That story points to an apparently deleted URL ("Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!") from a different Twitter account.
    • dang 8y ago
      Ah, thanks. We changed the URL on that submission from https://twitter.com/kf/status/1110703814909165568 https://twitter.com/kf/status/1110703814909165568 to https://twitter.com/neverett/status/1110626264841359360 https://twitter.com/neverett/status/1110626264841359360, which is a contemporaneous thread on the same topic. I'll add a comment there noting this.
• greenyoda 8y ago
  I think this key point is worth reiterating: > It's making me sad how some are missing the point of #npmlayoffs. It’s not about losing our jobs: it happens/happened/will happen again. It’s the total lack of respect, empathy and professionalism of the process. It shouldn't be normal because "it's often how it is w/ startup"! Please, if you run a business, don't treat your employees like this.