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Our CTO is leading very well through one of the roughest times in our company's history. Despite what many are saying about Cruise right now - it's not down for

by nyxtom 3y ago

Our CTO is leading very well through one of the roughest times in our company's history. Despite what many are saying about Cruise right now - it's not down for the count.

oldpersonintx 3y ago
GM needs billions to pay for its union contract, that money will come out of Cruise's corpse
- mehlmao 3y ago
  Maybe they shouldn't have spent $7 billion on stock buybacks?
SeanAnderson 3y ago
What would down for the count look like to you? It seems pretty shaken up from an outsider's perspective. Losing a quarter of the workforce, most of the executive suite, and getting banned from the streets of California seem like difficult challenges to overcome.
- nyxtom 3y ago
  If we saw a wholesale exit of our MLI platform teams I would be concerned. But many here are waiting to see where our CTO is going to lead. Eng was spread very thin attempting to commercialize. CTO's approach appears to be much more methodical so it's sort of a - let's give him a chance
- ActionHank 3y ago
  Considering the number of top performers who leave companies when they see layoffs happening I would say they have likely lost more than a quarter.
  - AlotOfReading 3y ago
    They straight up fired some of their best staff+ engineers today. Does that count as losing them?
Hayvok 3y ago
> [CTO] Elshenawy reiterated the company would be narrowing and refocusing its efforts, information shared last month following the resignation of co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt and some executive shuffling that included appointing Craig Glidden, GM’s EVP of legal and policy and a Cruise board member, as chief administrative officer at Cruise. Jon McNeill, a member of GM’s board, was also named vice chairman of the Cruise board. McNeill, who joined the Cruise board recently and was previously chief operating officer at Lyft and president of Tesla, now serves alongside GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra. So who exactly is in charge at Cruise right now? I'm lost.

by nyxtom 3y ago

Our CTO is leading very well through one of the roughest times in our company's history. Despite what many are saying about Cruise right now - it's not down for the count.

oldpersonintx 3y ago

GM needs billions to pay for its union contract, that money will come out of Cruise's corpse

mehlmao 3y ago
Maybe they shouldn't have spent $7 billion on stock buybacks?

SeanAnderson 3y ago

What would down for the count look like to you? It seems pretty shaken up from an outsider's perspective. Losing a quarter of the workforce, most of the executive suite, and getting banned from the streets of California seem like difficult challenges to overcome.

nyxtom 3y ago
If we saw a wholesale exit of our MLI platform teams I would be concerned. But many here are waiting to see where our CTO is going to lead. Eng was spread very thin attempting to commercialize. CTO's approach appears to be much more methodical so it's sort of a - let's give him a chance
ActionHank 3y ago
Considering the number of top performers who leave companies when they see layoffs happening I would say they have likely lost more than a quarter.
- AlotOfReading 3y ago
  They straight up fired some of their best staff+ engineers today. Does that count as losing them?

Hayvok 3y ago

> [CTO] Elshenawy reiterated the company would be narrowing and refocusing its efforts, information shared last month following the resignation of co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt and some executive shuffling that included appointing Craig Glidden, GM’s EVP of legal and policy and a Cruise board member, as chief administrative officer at Cruise. Jon McNeill, a member of GM’s board, was also named vice chairman of the Cruise board. McNeill, who joined the Cruise board recently and was previously chief operating officer at Lyft and president of Tesla, now serves alongside GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra. So who exactly is in charge at Cruise right now? I'm lost.