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Stewart Butterfield (Slack CEO) was asked if he'd commit to not doing layoffs and I appreciated his response[1]. Effectively pointing out that it's easy to just
by Reedx 7y ago
Stewart Butterfield (Slack CEO) was asked if he'd commit to not doing layoffs and I appreciated his response[1]. Effectively pointing out that it's easy to just say yes in their position, and that it's presumptuous of Salesforce to be asking for no-layoff pledges. It's pretty meaningless and comes off as shallow or self-serving PR for types of businesses that are doing better than ever right now or can easily weather the event.
The CEO of Texas Roadhouse, a chain of restaurants, gave up his salary and bonuses to redirect to employees[2]. A particularly noteworthy example, I think.
1. https://youtu.be/3aVh0QYPtVI?t=427 https://youtu.be/3aVh0QYPtVI?t=427
2. https://abc13.com/6052453/ https://abc13.com/6052453/
- zaksoup 7y agoThe author of the original tweet is the CEO of Gravity Payments, a Square competitor that mostly serves smaller retail and restaurant businesses. In further tweets he talks about how they're losing tons of revenue right now. I agree that it's shallow for Slack and Salesforce to pledge not to have layoffs but in this case I think it's a pretty meaningful commitment.