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To me it means something. To write to the world that you made a mistake and you were responsible takes courage. It may lead to change. It may not. But it’s imp

To me it means something. To write to the world that you made a mistake and you were responsible takes courage. It may lead to change. It may not. But it’s important part of normal apologies. I suspect what you are missing is specific action - what is this person specifically going to do differently?

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otikik 4y ago
Responsibility implies consequences. “I take responsibility, so I’m returning my dividends from the last two years and making my salary 0 until things improve”
- Leherenn 4y ago
  Plaid doesn't pay dividends and his salary is most likely peanuts compared to his shares in the company, whose valuation just tanked.
  - otikik 4y ago
    That’s not the point. The point is that “I take responsibility” is like “You all have my thoughts and prayers”. All talk, no substance. It’s better to say nothing than to say empty things, when people are losing their jobs.
- subradios 4y ago
  Would this move the needle on layoffs or the business or merely satisfy a desire for moral dessert? One team of engineers costs between one and three million dollars a year.
  - otikik 4y ago
    Not a native English speaker here. I’m not familiar with the expression “moral dessert”, but it sounds bad. I will try to explain. Words are important. “I take full responsibility” means what, exactly? To me it sounds incomplete. Like the phrase “you are very important to me”. There’s something missing there. “You are very important to me, so I will make sure this doesn’t happen again”. Or, “I will try to flush the toilet after I pee on it”. Something. Ok, you take full responsibility, so what?
A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
Something, sure and I even agree with your post in general. The way to measure our growth as human beings is whether we make the same mistakes. That said, I honestly think you give CEO here way too much credit. I went through that release and did a quick search for mistake and/or responsibility. No hits. Do you know why that is the case? Well, apart from legalistic part that would suggest he is guilty of something, there is a psychological part that is unfortunately best explained by actions of a fictional psychopath Dennis Reynolds[1]: 'only "take responsibility" in a very non-specific manner'. It works, because while Plaid CEO did apologize ( no 'apologies' in article, but there is a 'I am truly sorry.'), but nothing specific. However, the way our brains function, we infer the admission of mistake and taking responsibility from that one phrase. It is very annoying that it works, but it does work. [1]https://itsalwayssunny.fandom.com/wiki/Wolf_Cola:_A_Public_Relations_Nightmare https://itsalwayssunny.fandom.com/wiki/Wolf_Cola:_A_Public_R...

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otikik 4y ago

Responsibility implies consequences. “I take responsibility, so I’m returning my dividends from the last two years and making my salary 0 until things improve”

Leherenn 4y ago
Plaid doesn't pay dividends and his salary is most likely peanuts compared to his shares in the company, whose valuation just tanked.
- otikik 4y ago
  That’s not the point. The point is that “I take responsibility” is like “You all have my thoughts and prayers”. All talk, no substance. It’s better to say nothing than to say empty things, when people are losing their jobs.
subradios 4y ago
Would this move the needle on layoffs or the business or merely satisfy a desire for moral dessert? One team of engineers costs between one and three million dollars a year.
- otikik 4y ago
  Not a native English speaker here. I’m not familiar with the expression “moral dessert”, but it sounds bad. I will try to explain. Words are important. “I take full responsibility” means what, exactly? To me it sounds incomplete. Like the phrase “you are very important to me”. There’s something missing there. “You are very important to me, so I will make sure this doesn’t happen again”. Or, “I will try to flush the toilet after I pee on it”. Something. Ok, you take full responsibility, so what?

A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago

Something, sure and I even agree with your post in general. The way to measure our growth as human beings is whether we make the same mistakes. That said, I honestly think you give CEO here way too much credit. I went through that release and did a quick search for mistake and/or responsibility. No hits. Do you know why that is the case? Well, apart from legalistic part that would suggest he is guilty of something, there is a psychological part that is unfortunately best explained by actions of a fictional psychopath Dennis Reynolds[1]: 'only "take responsibility" in a very non-specific manner'. It works, because while Plaid CEO did apologize ( no 'apologies' in article, but there is a 'I am truly sorry.'), but nothing specific. However, the way our brains function, we infer the admission of mistake and taking responsibility from that one phrase. It is very annoying that it works, but it does work. [1]https://itsalwayssunny.fandom.com/wiki/Wolf_Cola:_A_Public_Relations_Nightmare https://itsalwayssunny.fandom.com/wiki/Wolf_Cola:_A_Public_R...