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Because the sort of person who thinks it's okay to rely on an algorithm to fire people doesn't care about their employees, but cares a lot about not getting cal
by Splognosticus 7y ago
Because the sort of person who thinks it's okay to rely on an algorithm to fire people doesn't care about their employees, but cares a lot about not getting called out for it. They think they're clever but I'll be damned if I'm ever going to work for a company like that.
- jcadam 7y agoYou should always be required to a look a person in the eye when you fire them. There are way too many managers who will do anything to avoid uncomfortable situations (for them). So we end up with things like this... "Computer says you're fired" is the new "Computer says no."
- cosmodisk 7y agoAnd the best is when the cowards send an SMS instead of just saying it face to face..
- lozf 7y agoOr by robo-call as in The New Deal's "Exciting New Direction" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0pmNDIXymc&t=2m37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0pmNDIXymc&t=2m37
- Aeolun 7y agoIt’s much easier as a company to introduce a system to automatically fire people than it is to teach your managers how to fire people without taking their own comfort into account (e.g. not firing because it’s a pain).
- sct202 7y agoAlso this is an easy way to claim that people were fired fairly and they weren't picked out because the manager didn't like them or was racist.