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"it laid off thousands by email" I know that the laying off thousands is the worst part but I also saw some people taking exception to the "by email" part (as i
by lazyant 4y ago
"it laid off thousands by email" I know that the laying off thousands is the worst part but I also saw some people taking exception to the "by email" part (as inhumane or something; what's the alternative? also of course people were not able to log in right away all at the same time, it would be tremendously irresponsible to do otherwise.
- jsnell 4y agoThe alternative is to shut off access to anything that could cause harm: production systems, version control, maybe Drive. But leave them access to tools like email, Meet and chat for a reasonable period. Let people actually say goodbye, hand their work off properly if they choose to. Make sure nothing personal is tied to their corporate account, and migrate anything that is in an orderly manner. Give them a bit of notice before bricking their corp phones and laptops. They definitely have the capability to do access control at that granularity, as well as ample time as they had clearly been preparing for months. They just chose not to