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> they fired many staff engineers Would you rather the company went under after it ran out of money and had to fire everyone instead? Not to mention a quarter

> they fired many staff engineers Would you rather the company went under after it ran out of money and had to fire everyone instead? Not to mention a quarter of the company was laid off the year before the acquisition.

shimman 4mo ago
Uhh, I'd expect the trillion dollar transnational corporation to do right by it's workers rather than rat fucking them to appease corporate do-nothing leeches if I'm being frank.
- luckman212 4mo ago
  > I'd expect the trillion dollar transnational corporation to do right you would? has any trillion dollar corporation ever?
  - shimman 4mo ago
    No, and that's why we must destroy them. Figuratively then literally.
    - altmanaltman 4mo ago
      Destroy what exactly? And replace with what?
      - Forgeties79 4mo ago
        Can y’all just state your opinions on these things rather than constantly asking bait-y questions?
        shimman 4mo ago
        Enemies of democracy don't want to do this because it would require acknowledge that technology companies in the US have been mostly a force of evil rather than good and the idea we should change that makes a small minority of people uncomfortable.
      - Dr4kn 4mo ago
        With smaller companies that can't yield global power. It would be better if cloud, office and OS would be separate. Then you wouldn't get shuffed OneDrive into the OS. It's also better for competition if the playing field is equal and one solution isn't the only one that can deeply integrate. Build APIs or don't do it.
7bit 4mo ago
Was that the case? Can you provide sources to your claims and provide a foundation to your theories?
- tomnipotent 4mo ago
  It's literally a Google search away. If you had the time to write this comment, you had more than enough time to do the search.
  - 7bit 4mo ago
    Not my job to proof the wild claim that the layoffs were to save the company from bankruptcy .
    - tomnipotent 4mo ago
      The company raised $10M, did two rounds of layoffs totaling a quarter of the company, and was then acquired not long after. Early stage companies like that don't do layoffs unless it's to extend cash runway, but run wild with whatever unfounded fantasy you have about it all.
  - jasonlotito 4mo ago
    Google said you are 100% wrong.
    - tomnipotent 4mo ago
      Right, the very public two rounds of layoffs the company did right before being "acquired" had nothing to do with them running out of money.
- dust-jacket 4mo ago
  https://www.theregister.com/software/2019/04/01/nice-people-matter-npm-may-stand-for-not-politely-managed-job-cuts-leave-staff-sore/1074471 https://www.theregister.com/software/2019/04/01/nice-people-... Year before the MSFT takeover. No idea about their actual financials but they were definitely shedding headcount pre 2020, including kicking people for trying to unionise.

shimman 4mo ago

Uhh, I'd expect the trillion dollar transnational corporation to do right by it's workers rather than rat fucking them to appease corporate do-nothing leeches if I'm being frank.

luckman212 4mo ago
> I'd expect the trillion dollar transnational corporation to do right you would? has any trillion dollar corporation ever?
- shimman 4mo ago
  No, and that's why we must destroy them. Figuratively then literally.
  - altmanaltman 4mo ago
    Destroy what exactly? And replace with what?
    - Forgeties79 4mo ago
      Can y’all just state your opinions on these things rather than constantly asking bait-y questions?
      - shimman 4mo ago
        Enemies of democracy don't want to do this because it would require acknowledge that technology companies in the US have been mostly a force of evil rather than good and the idea we should change that makes a small minority of people uncomfortable.
    - Dr4kn 4mo ago
      With smaller companies that can't yield global power. It would be better if cloud, office and OS would be separate. Then you wouldn't get shuffed OneDrive into the OS. It's also better for competition if the playing field is equal and one solution isn't the only one that can deeply integrate. Build APIs or don't do it.

7bit 4mo ago

Was that the case? Can you provide sources to your claims and provide a foundation to your theories?

tomnipotent 4mo ago
It's literally a Google search away. If you had the time to write this comment, you had more than enough time to do the search.
- 7bit 4mo ago
  Not my job to proof the wild claim that the layoffs were to save the company from bankruptcy .
  - tomnipotent 4mo ago
    The company raised $10M, did two rounds of layoffs totaling a quarter of the company, and was then acquired not long after. Early stage companies like that don't do layoffs unless it's to extend cash runway, but run wild with whatever unfounded fantasy you have about it all.
- jasonlotito 4mo ago
  Google said you are 100% wrong.
  - tomnipotent 4mo ago
    Right, the very public two rounds of layoffs the company did right before being "acquired" had nothing to do with them running out of money.
dust-jacket 4mo ago
https://www.theregister.com/software/2019/04/01/nice-people-matter-npm-may-stand-for-not-politely-managed-job-cuts-leave-staff-sore/1074471 https://www.theregister.com/software/2019/04/01/nice-people-... Year before the MSFT takeover. No idea about their actual financials but they were definitely shedding headcount pre 2020, including kicking people for trying to unionise.