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The examples here don’t seem to indicate that a 3,600 person company has a toxic culture. It’s a dozen or so complaints and it seems weird to extrapolate that t
by prepend 5y ago
The examples here don’t seem to indicate that a 3,600 person company has a toxic culture. It’s a dozen or so complaints and it seems weird to extrapolate that to the entire org without more data.
Of course the headline is true that some employees think it’s toxic. But that’s not terribly remarkable without further info.
- bell-cot 5y agoFrom the article: "After publication of the essay, Ars spoke with several current and former employees who have provided reliable information in the past about the company. Although it is clear the essay was a product of disgruntled workers, these sources agreed that there were elements of truth in the essay. For these sources, the withering criticism of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, and his hand-picked chief executive, Bob Smith, rang especially true." ...which speaks far more to Ars upholding journalistic standards than to the essay containing a high % of quality data. (Still, comparing Blue Origin's achievements with those of younger, likely far-less-well capitalized SpaceX...there sure seems to something badly wrong with Blue Origin.)
- prepend 5y ago> that there were elements of truth in the essay. This doesn’t sound damning at all and doesn’t seem to support the letter’s claim of toxic culture.