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I don’t know about who, what, where, when or why... but the “don't ship on Friday” comment in an apology statement regarding the handling of firing someone is c
by appleiigs 7y ago
I don’t know about who, what, where, when or why... but the “don't ship on Friday” comment in an apology statement regarding the handling of firing someone is completely brain dead / tone deaf. In the very few official statements I’ve worked on, they are reviewed by so many people (so many that even I had to vet it). Unbelievable that “don’t ship on Friday” got through.
- xupybd 7y agoLooks like the mod that made that post is a developer. No offence to other developers but my personal opinion is we developers are best to leave the delicate communications to the marketing team. There is every chance she is better equipped than most but I know my expertise do not extend very far into the realm. I've not met many devs that do have expertise in those sort of PR fronts. On that note, I'd suggest this indicates more of an organisational issue than anything that should fall on this one person. I don't think they were (as an organisation) prepared for this sort of thing. Maybe there isn't even a dedicated PR person there?
- sah2ed 7y ago> Looks like the mod that made that post is a developer. No offence to other developers but my personal opinion is we developers are best to leave the delicate communications to the marketing team Not correct. Perhaps she used to be a developer, but the poster is currently “Stack Exchange director of community Sara Chipps”, according to TheRegister article linked to in this thread.
- P_I_Staker 7y agoJust to be clear, did they fire anyone? Kicking a mod out isn't the same as firing. That's not to say it's completely harmless, just different. I'm just wondering for me own knowledge.