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I would not assume it's true; it's typical technique for responding to this kind of criticism - don't address the concerns, express complete rejection of them b
by wolverine876 3y ago
I would not assume it's true; it's typical technique for responding to this kind of criticism - don't address the concerns, express complete rejection of them by claiming it's positive (layoffs are positive, if you only look at them from a certain angle), and most importantly demonstrate the conversation can't move forward - there's such a chasm between you and them that it's hopeless. It's a propaganda technique. It works - look at Ian Hickson, who resigned in despair.
It fits the contemporary fad of contempt for anyone less powerful than you, including employees, courts (for some), etc.
- tdeck 3y agoI wouldn't call powerful peoples' contempt for those less powerful than them a fad. That's been a thing for millenia.
- wolverine876 3y ago> That's been a thing for millenia. Somehow, the world changes day to day, year to year, generation to generation; somehow we change the world; and all despite the fact that, as people now copypasta everywhere, 'it's always been that way'. Do people say that at work meetings? Talking to investors? One wonders what all these entrepeneurs and engineers do? No wonder funding is drying up (I think that might be a literal problem - the despair, pessimism and cynicism reaching the executive suite). We've always had carbon in the atmosphere, warfare, poverty, oppression, ... and people saying that _____ has always been that way.