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> Our most immediate priority is ensuring that these Veeps FFS, who teaches these people that referring to their employees with these cringeworthy names, espec
by xwowsersx 4y ago
> Our most immediate priority is ensuring that these Veeps
FFS, who teaches these people that referring to their employees with these cringeworthy names, especially in a layoff announcement, is a good idea? They're not "Veeps", they're people who have an identity and existence without reference to their roles at Verily. Just call them people. "ensure that these people..." Is that hard to do? Can you not resist the ra ra corporate bullshit for two damn seconds? Gross.
- silisili 4y agoMade doubly awful by the fact 'veep' already has a meaning in US English - vice president. So it could be read that they are giving all the credit and sympathy to the VPs.
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- christkv 4y agoThe veeps can now veep themselves into unemployment. Publishing this kind of thing makes you look like really bad. In what world do people publish this and think they come over as reasonable, mature and compassionate?
- borroka 4y ago> They're not "Veeps", they're people who have an identity and existence without reference to their roles at Verily The words used by HR from this and other companies clearly show that for the company, they are not people with an identity, existence or raison d'être other than providing some kind of service to the company. The invitation is to treat them accordingly.
- scifibestfi 4y agoAnother one for the list. Veeps join the Googlers, Xooglers, Nooglers, Metamates, Amazonians, Tweeps, Peeps, Rackers, Krakenites and Plaids.
- cpeterso 4y agoWhat is the origin of the “-eep” suffix used in Veeps, Tweeps, and Peeps? (Though I don’t know where Peeps work.) I would expect Verily employees to be called something like “Verilians”.
- xwowsersx 4y agoValyrians? GoT, that you? Targaryens?
- xnx 4y ago"Peeps" is short for "people". Twitter people -> Twitter peeps -> Tweeps
- xwowsersx 4y ago> Cassell's Dictionary of Slang (2d ed.) defines “peeps” as a slang term originating in the 1980s on college campuses and in the black community. It's derived from “people” and it means parents, friends, people in general, according to Cassell's.
- Octokiddie 4y agoAnd Astronauts.
- dools 4y agoOh right, I assumed it was meant as VPs, like the TV series. I didn’t realise that was a cute way of referring to anyone working at the company. I was wondering why anyone generally would be caring so much what happened to the Vice Presidents of each division, especially when they’re being laid off. Now that I know what he actually means by Veeps it sounds even more stupid.
- mcast 4y ago