> Can you imagine any ordinary industry acting like this? You mean proactively explaining to their workforce the reasoning behind actions likely to gain widesp

> Can you imagine any ordinary industry acting like this? You mean proactively explaining to their workforce the reasoning behind actions likely to gain widespread attention in the press? Yes; that's called treating your employees with respect. Everyone generally expects employees to have some level of insider knowledge, and it's polite to give your workers enough of a heads-up to not be blindsided by questions from friends and family. The difference with Facebook and some other tech companies is that there's enough trust that employees are generally better informed about the strategic and competitive landscape the company is operating in, and that context can explain actions that may look nonsensical from the outside. More industries should work like this, not less -- It's treating workers as people that can think for themselves instead of simply cogs in the machine.