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If scheduling a meeting with a mere 50 people takes a month, then why does he think going from 70k employees to some fraction of that (but still well over 50) i

If scheduling a meeting with a mere 50 people takes a month, then why does he think going from 70k employees to some fraction of that (but still well over 50) is going to change the meeting culture? It has nothing to do with the number of employees, but rather the culture that they have cultivated.

ReptileMan 4y ago
There is an old saying that when you are renewing a brothel, you shouldn't change the beds, but the sex workers. (It is a bit more spicy ofc when said informally) If you want to change the culture - you should first get rid of the people that embody the old culture (some of them may be able to be nudged into the new direction, but most not)
- shapefrog 4y ago
  > change the beds, but the sex workers CTO (& middle management) are the sex workers, the beds are the run of the mill employees.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  > you should first get rid of the people that embody the old culture Which, by definition, seems like it must include the person that has been in charge since day 1.
- DharmaPolice 4y ago
  The problem is that some (maybe most) of those "old culture" people are also the ones keeping the current organisation going (in whatever state that might be). I've seen this in several organisations - staff representing the old order who had been with the organisation for years (or even decades) are got rid of. And because there's a feeling it's better to rip-off the plaster quickly - you get rid of multiple people at the same time. And then things start to go wrong.
dbbk 4y ago
I cannot fathom any scenario where building software would require 50 people to be in a meeting.