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> This restructuring will result in an approximately 16% workforce reduction Probably the most salient detail for non-Automattic employees. Everything else was
by anthomtb 2y ago
> This restructuring will result in an approximately 16% workforce reduction
Probably the most salient detail for non-Automattic employees. Everything else was generic fluff.
- blatantly 2y agoPlus severance will be paid but didn't say how much. I was thinking this is a boilerplate firing email though!
- duskwuff 2y agoI wonder if it's better or worse than the voluntary termination deal they offered to employees last year (first 6 months, then 9 months pay).
- lsinger 2y agoMuch worse.
- beaucollins 2y agoIt’s worse. Max I’m seeing is 9 weeks.
- duskwuff 2y agoYikes. Meanwhile, the people who took the buyout last year got 6 months (or 9 if they waited for the second round).
- Jare 2y ago> how much With so many countries and legal frameworks to comply with, there's never going to be a single answer for this.
- beaucollins 2y agoIt’s looking like countries with better worker protections saw zero layoffs.
- jihadjihad 2y ago> non-Automattic employees non-Automatticians. Yes, they literally used this term in TFA.
- munificent 2y agoI know this really bugs some people but every tech company these days has a demonym for its employees. It doesn't mean that employees have some cultlike adoration for the company. It's just very convenient inside the company to have a single short word to refer to all employees of the business.
- rchaud 2y agoJust say "all employees" then. Lots of companies use contractors who don't have employee benefits, do they count as "Googlers" or whatever the stupid stand-in moniker is?
- jihadjihad 2y agoI get it, it's just kind of a meme at this point after a couple years of these boilerplate RIF announcements. Cmd-F for "difficult decision" + whatever the demonym is and you're basically guaranteed hits.
- tylerrobinson 2y ago> a single short word > “Automattician” The word you’re looking for is employee.
- munificent 2y agoI checked my list, and the fact that employees of Automattic are called "Automatticians" did not make my list of things to be outraged about. Maybe next week.
- pseudalopex 2y agoPointing out the error in your claim implied nothing about outrage.