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and destroying their future plans they might have set in motion that will be derailed because of management's incompetance, they don't have money that much mon

by r3d0c 3y ago

and destroying their future plans they might have set in motion that will be derailed because of management's incompetance, they don't have money that much money to float on specially in this economy where everything is overpriced, almost like they are humans with their own histories and possibly other people depending on them, did you really try and consider their perspective or was dehumanizing them your first instinct? but i doubt management will be fired will it? they'll end up with nice fat stacks of bonuses for making terrible business decisions keep defending the real incompetants though

explaininjs 3y ago
Believe me, I have very very close experience with what it’s like to go through layoffs, and I feel for those who have just now realized that nothing in this world is guaranteed. But griping that management should have kept paying salaries when the money wasn’t there won’t get anyone anywhere. Take your severance, hone your skills, apply for jobs. If you can, maybe take some time to go on a trip. Life will go on.
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- morelisp 3y ago
  > when the money wasn’t there What about when the money is there? Spotify is profitable.
  - explaininjs 3y ago
    Barely, and only after their previous layoffs this year.
    - morelisp 3y ago
      ... so the money is there.
      - explaininjs 3y ago
        And it will be when they rehire later :)
  - nkohari 3y ago
    Companies don't stay profitable by investing in unprofitable markets, though. If they don't think this approach is going to work out long-term, they should stop spending money on it, even if that means reducing headcount.
robertlagrant 3y ago
> or was dehumanizing them your first instinct? This is a really poor approach to discourse. I imagine you don't really think that every job must last forever. Jobs come and go, and working them means we can live and make choices. It's not fun being laid off (I have been), but it's just life.

by r3d0c 3y ago

explaininjs 3y ago

Believe me, I have very very close experience with what it’s like to go through layoffs, and I feel for those who have just now realized that nothing in this world is guaranteed. But griping that management should have kept paying salaries when the money wasn’t there won’t get anyone anywhere. Take your severance, hone your skills, apply for jobs. If you can, maybe take some time to go on a trip. Life will go on.

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morelisp 3y ago
> when the money wasn’t there What about when the money is there? Spotify is profitable.
- explaininjs 3y ago
  Barely, and only after their previous layoffs this year.
  - morelisp 3y ago
    ... so the money is there.
    - explaininjs 3y ago
      And it will be when they rehire later :)
- nkohari 3y ago
  Companies don't stay profitable by investing in unprofitable markets, though. If they don't think this approach is going to work out long-term, they should stop spending money on it, even if that means reducing headcount.

robertlagrant 3y ago

> or was dehumanizing them your first instinct? This is a really poor approach to discourse. I imagine you don't really think that every job must last forever. Jobs come and go, and working them means we can live and make choices. It's not fun being laid off (I have been), but it's just life.