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This is probably the least tactical message amongst all the companies that have laid off people. Ek's spent most of the time rambling about efficiency and organ
by eigen-vector 4y ago
This is probably the least tactical message amongst all the companies that have laid off people. Ek's spent most of the time rambling about efficiency and organizational changes to leadership positions who'll be least affected by the layoffs.
Then comes the layoff news. It's almost as if he's rectifying someone else's mistake and everyone getting laid off should be thankful about it.
I wish CEOs read some of the emails that recruiting sends to potential candidates before they set out to write a layoff post. Completely tone deaf.
- mjburgess 4y agoIt always helps to remember that people, generically, are idiots who don't mean to say what, literally, they say; have no idea how to say what they mean; and are otherwise just struggling to create an impression of being in control and knowing whats going on. The first paragraph of this article reads this way to me: a person flinging around cliches because they've no idea what they're supposed to say, or how to say it. This, indeed, may be more acute if the author is actually distressed.
- eigen-vector 4y agoI'd be more empathetic if this was a response in a live Q&A like situation. For something that's meant to be PR speak, this is abysmal.
- mahathu 4y ago>I wish CEOs read some of the emails that recruiting sends to potential candidates before they set out to write a layoff post. Completely tone deaf. What kind of emails are you referring to? I haven't worked at a tech company in a long while
- ErikVandeWater 4y agoYeah, starting of a note about layoffs talking "reiterating" about the "most defensible business strategy" is extremely tone-deaf.
- defaultcompany 4y agoIt did seem a bit tone deaf but five months baseline severance is no joke.
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- wastedhours 4y agoThe whole email was just so off - I know they build up to these things, but am sure the announcement of the re-org could have waited, and could have led with the most pressing news, especially since it came in the middle of day and people had already been let go by that point.
- that_guy_iain 4y ago> I wish CEOs read some of the emails that recruiting sends to potential candidates before they set out to write a layoff post. Completely tone deaf. I highly doubt CEOs write these posts.
- chippiewill 4y agoSeriously. If you're laying people off in an email it needs to be in the first paragraph. Don't bury the lede.
- bogomipz 4y agoNot only does he bury the ledge in his self-referential philosophical drivel but he closes the layoff announcement with: >"Finally, I hope you will join me tomorrow for Unplugged." He seems like a caricature. Tone-deaf seems to be his default. As a reminder: https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/spotify-boss-blames-musicians-lack-earnings/ https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/spotify-boss-blames-mus...