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tldr; You’re fired, we’re doing great thanks to cutting your cost, but stay strong in your job search during this recession like those who have been persecuted

by ccn0p 4y ago

tldr; You’re fired, we’re doing great thanks to cutting your cost, but stay strong in your job search during this recession like those who have been persecuted for the color of their skin!

injb 4y ago
The quote in question had nothing to do with that. It was a generic statement about leadership: "‘the ultimate measure of a [leader] is not where [they] stand in the moments of comfort and convenience, but where [they] stand in times of challenge and controversy,’”
- woodruffw 4y ago
  This is "states' rights" reasoning: "challenge and controversy" around what, precisely? (It's exceedingly clear that MLK is talking about racial equality, and quoting him in an tone-deaf layoff email is execrable.)
- alphabettsy 4y ago
  Maybe you should check the context because it was absolutely about civil rights. As a general rule, people shouldn’t use quotes when they don’t understand the context. It’s distasteful at best to use a quote like that for something so routine and trivial.
rhino369 4y ago
It's considerably worse than that. The MLK quote appears to be referring to herself and her management team.
- sidewndr46 4y ago
  This. I'd be less bothered by the email if it just said "so long suckers! We're better than you & we are better off without you!"
SantalBlush 4y ago
>this recession HN needs to stop repeating this nonsense to one another. We are not in a recession. The latest GDP figures came out yesterday, and growth beat expectations by 12%. Service industries are hiring. The tech sector can no longer make billions by using AI to draw cat faces on selfie pics, but that has little bearing on the rest of the economy. People on this site have willfully changed the definition of recession to "layoffs are happening in my industry". That's not what it means, at all.
- berkeleyjunk 4y ago
  Something along these lines: “It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job. It’s a depression when you lose your own.” ― Harry S. Truman
- MisterBastahrd 4y ago
  Of course we aren't in a recession. It's why the business class has been losing their goddamned minds. They keep attempting to force us into one so that they can slow down the economy and get a Republican in the White House again, but companies are having so much fun gobbling up record profits via record markups that interest rates aren't mattering as much as they should. We have an entire new generation of C-suite executives who have no clue how to play along. When else in recent television history has a well-functioning economy been met with consternation by the hosts and guests?
  - Dylan16807 4y ago
    Unless you think inflation doesn't matter, the economy has only been well-functioning for the last couple months, and was in big trouble for the previous year and a half.
    - MisterBastahrd 4y ago
      Inflation is the tool that the Fed was attempting to use to slow down the economy. Q1 and Q2 only look bad because they kept raising rates nonstop. Hell, Q4 of 2021 saw 7% growth.

by ccn0p 4y ago

tldr; You’re fired, we’re doing great thanks to cutting your cost, but stay strong in your job search during this recession like those who have been persecuted for the color of their skin!

injb 4y ago

The quote in question had nothing to do with that. It was a generic statement about leadership: "‘the ultimate measure of a [leader] is not where [they] stand in the moments of comfort and convenience, but where [they] stand in times of challenge and controversy,’”

woodruffw 4y ago
This is "states' rights" reasoning: "challenge and controversy" around what, precisely? (It's exceedingly clear that MLK is talking about racial equality, and quoting him in an tone-deaf layoff email is execrable.)
alphabettsy 4y ago
Maybe you should check the context because it was absolutely about civil rights. As a general rule, people shouldn’t use quotes when they don’t understand the context. It’s distasteful at best to use a quote like that for something so routine and trivial.

rhino369 4y ago

It's considerably worse than that. The MLK quote appears to be referring to herself and her management team.

sidewndr46 4y ago
This. I'd be less bothered by the email if it just said "so long suckers! We're better than you & we are better off without you!"

SantalBlush 4y ago

>this recession HN needs to stop repeating this nonsense to one another. We are not in a recession. The latest GDP figures came out yesterday, and growth beat expectations by 12%. Service industries are hiring. The tech sector can no longer make billions by using AI to draw cat faces on selfie pics, but that has little bearing on the rest of the economy. People on this site have willfully changed the definition of recession to "layoffs are happening in my industry". That's not what it means, at all.

berkeleyjunk 4y ago
Something along these lines: “It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job. It’s a depression when you lose your own.” ― Harry S. Truman
MisterBastahrd 4y ago
Of course we aren't in a recession. It's why the business class has been losing their goddamned minds. They keep attempting to force us into one so that they can slow down the economy and get a Republican in the White House again, but companies are having so much fun gobbling up record profits via record markups that interest rates aren't mattering as much as they should. We have an entire new generation of C-suite executives who have no clue how to play along. When else in recent television history has a well-functioning economy been met with consternation by the hosts and guests?
- Dylan16807 4y ago
  Unless you think inflation doesn't matter, the economy has only been well-functioning for the last couple months, and was in big trouble for the previous year and a half.
  - MisterBastahrd 4y ago
    Inflation is the tool that the Fed was attempting to use to slow down the economy. Q1 and Q2 only look bad because they kept raising rates nonstop. Hell, Q4 of 2021 saw 7% growth.