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it sounds like there was a real, meaningful mismatch in priorities. Or it was just a good deal. Do we know what the "buy-out" deal was? I mean I like my job an
by dagw 6y ago
it sounds like there was a real, meaningful mismatch in priorities.
Or it was just a good deal. Do we know what the "buy-out" deal was? I mean I like my job and the company I work for well enough, but if they offered a decent enough deal and I'll happily walk away tomorrow and not look back.
- bombtrack 6y agoDHH stated it in his "Let it all out" follow up post. > Yesterday, we offered everyone at Basecamp an option of a severance package worth up to six months salary for those who've been with the company over three years, and three months salary for those at the company less than that. No hard feelings, no questions asked. For those who cannot see a future at Basecamp under this new direction, we'll help them in every which way we can to land somewhere else. https://world.hey.com/dhh/let-it-all-out-78485e8e https://world.hey.com/dhh/let-it-all-out-78485e8e
- goatinaboat 6y agoI read that entire blog post just now and I am still none the wiser as to what happened
- Wolfr_ 6y agoThe founders went into a political discussion with someone on the other side of the political spectrum and got tired of it - then instituted a no-politics-and-society-discussion policy when the whole success of Basecamp is taking a societal , opionated view on software and what work should be.
- kyawzazaw 6y agoThis summary doesn't include the fact that it was trigged by a discovery of a decades-long of customers employees thought had "funny" names.