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> Sadly, the changes also include a significant reduction in our workforce by approximately 250 people. These are individuals of exceptional professional and pe

> Sadly, the changes also include a significant reduction in our workforce by approximately 250 people. These are individuals of exceptional professional and personal caliber who have made outstanding contributions to who we are today. To each of them, I extend my heartfelt thanks and deepest regrets that we have come to this point. From TFA.

9935c101ab17a66 6y ago
> and if you want to announce other changes, do it in a separate announcement From TFC.
- afiori 6y ago
  it is still a weird suggestion. given two truths "we are currently failing" and "we decided to change course" it makes sense to bundle them into "we tried something, we must face it didn't work, there are negative consequences now, we are hopeful a new direction will save us". sometime corporate doublespeak is just trying to communicate a narrative or a vision for the future, which in terms of long term survival are often more important than clearly stated facts.
  - hn_throwaway_99 6y ago
    In this situation the corporate doublespeak just came across as dishonest, as we would somehow skip the part about the layoffs. The CEO of Carta made a post about layoffs they had there a couple months back, and the contrast with this Mozilla post is night and day IMO: https://medium.com/@henrysward/cartas-covid-19-layoff-cbb80e3e8a5d https://medium.com/@henrysward/cartas-covid-19-layoff-cbb80e...
    - 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
      Yes, but that's largely because they serve different purposes. Mozilla's announcement is a press release for external consumption. Carta's post is internal and for employees, and I'm sure there was one of these for Mozilla as well, but we're not privy to it.
      - sciurus 6y ago
        You are, it's at https://blog.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Message-to-Employees-Change-in-Difficult-Times.pdf https://blog.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Message-...
  - 9935c101ab17a66 6y ago
    I actually don’t disagree, I just took issue with the terse “RTFA” when it appears that same person didn’t read the comment they were replying too.
- SpelingBeeChamp 6y ago
  TFC? (And TFA, above?)
  - ilkkal 6y ago
    "The Fine Comment" and "Article", respectively. Sometimes another adjective is substituted, by angry people.
    - SpelingBeeChamp 6y ago
      Thank you :)

9935c101ab17a66 6y ago

> and if you want to announce other changes, do it in a separate announcement From TFC.

afiori 6y ago
it is still a weird suggestion. given two truths "we are currently failing" and "we decided to change course" it makes sense to bundle them into "we tried something, we must face it didn't work, there are negative consequences now, we are hopeful a new direction will save us". sometime corporate doublespeak is just trying to communicate a narrative or a vision for the future, which in terms of long term survival are often more important than clearly stated facts.
- hn_throwaway_99 6y ago
  In this situation the corporate doublespeak just came across as dishonest, as we would somehow skip the part about the layoffs. The CEO of Carta made a post about layoffs they had there a couple months back, and the contrast with this Mozilla post is night and day IMO: https://medium.com/@henrysward/cartas-covid-19-layoff-cbb80e3e8a5d https://medium.com/@henrysward/cartas-covid-19-layoff-cbb80e...
  - 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
    Yes, but that's largely because they serve different purposes. Mozilla's announcement is a press release for external consumption. Carta's post is internal and for employees, and I'm sure there was one of these for Mozilla as well, but we're not privy to it.
    - sciurus 6y ago
      You are, it's at https://blog.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Message-to-Employees-Change-in-Difficult-Times.pdf https://blog.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Message-...
- 9935c101ab17a66 6y ago
  I actually don’t disagree, I just took issue with the terse “RTFA” when it appears that same person didn’t read the comment they were replying too.
SpelingBeeChamp 6y ago
TFC? (And TFA, above?)
- ilkkal 6y ago
  "The Fine Comment" and "Article", respectively. Sometimes another adjective is substituted, by angry people.
  - SpelingBeeChamp 6y ago
    Thank you :)