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This has been one of my most surprising/weird experiences working for US startups. In the other two countries I've been, at the very least my manager sat with e
by franciscop 3y ago
This has been one of my most surprising/weird experiences working for US startups. In the other two countries I've been, at the very least my manager sat with each of us, or in group, or some sort of announcement when someone I was working with would stop (either voluntarily or involuntarily). Seeing names and 1-1 conversations just disappear from Slack without anyone saying anything is very bizarre.
But I had to learn that as a lesson as well, since I might've learned something from them and left e.g. some commands that I use once every few months in the chat, now gone forever. This is also literally the only reason I have Linkedin, so I don't suddenly lose contact with those people (I don't have FB).
- maccard 3y agoI've pushed for 30 day retention in slack for this very reason.
- kagakuninja 3y agoIt used to be that way. Work in the office generally requires a face-to-face meeting, and a box to put your stuff in before you are escorted out of the office. Most recently, during COVID, I was laid off with no contact with my manager and no explanation. My recruiter called right before my access was terminated at 5pm.
- dudul 3y agoI don't know if it became the norm in the US because of remote work, but as a manager I make a point of announcing to my team when one of them just got let go. Like in the next 30min or so. I guess I don't tell all teams and all our 200 engineers that this random guy is no longer with us.
- adastra22 3y agoI haven't had a US-based office job since 2018. I'm as thrown by it as you. It always used to be the norm that at the next standup or meeting it would be acknowledged. I don't know what changed in the intervening years.
- paulddraper 3y agoI wonder how common this is, % wise. I've never seen this happen personally (15yrs US tech) but maybe that is unusual