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Hanlon's Razor and all that, but this reads as intentional to me. She wanted attention; she got attention. Specifically, she wanted people to know about items
by jMyles 4y ago
Hanlon's Razor and all that, but this reads as intentional to me.
She wanted attention; she got attention. Specifically, she wanted people to know about items that she believes will increase her company's valuation, and she found a way to get attention in that area (the giveaway is that she even boasted about some elements of the company's financials and reports in the very same letter).
She knew damn well that this shameless and odious approach was going to draw eyeballs.
Look, we're all talking about it.
- SQueeeeeL 4y agoThat "all PR is good PR" kinda only applies to actors. Some random startup that does God knows what (probably not very much if their leadership is so shit) doesn't benefit from having a massive scandal come up every time you Google them. Most technical people don't use the same criteria to purchase SaaS software that they use to purchase tabloids
- jMyles 4y agoSorry if I was unclear: I didn't mean to suggest that this is PR for PR's sake, because of a belief that all PR is good. She probably correctly believes that a) layoffs will increase short-term valuation, and that her vile characterization of the layoffs will get more eyeballs on the part of the letter that begins, "We expect to finish the year strong". It's an extremely simple money play. She probably drafted an apology letter alongside this one, which she'll issue in a few days, by which time the goals of this letter will have been achieved. The play seems relatively transparent to me.
- olddustytrail 4y agoI'm not!