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I saw this happen at Apple to an engineer on my team — maybe 8 to 10 years ago. Yeah, it did look like the die was already cast, they just wanted perhaps a law
by JKCalhoun 2y ago
I saw this happen at Apple to an engineer on my team — maybe 8 to 10 years ago.
Yeah, it did look like the die was already cast, they just wanted perhaps a lawsuit-proof way of showing them the door.
- ralfd 2y agoWas it justified or was your colleague wronged?
- JKCalhoun 2y agoHe was probably the smartest guy on the team. And when push came to shove, productive as hell. I think management didn't appreciate how much time he spent reading web comics though (you know, when push was not around). I imagine he'd have flourished if work-from-home had been a thing then.
- thelastparadise 2y agoLol. Wonder how often toxic teams end up PIPing the actually highest performing people on the team, leading to a salt lake effect and slowly dieing corporation.
- futuramaconarma 2y agoSlowly dying bigco is the best feature of capitalism