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I don't get all the bad sentiment. It's written respectfully and he clearly assigns blame to himself. I completely disagree with the whole "it makes people that

by kriro 11y ago

I don't get all the bad sentiment. It's written respectfully and he clearly assigns blame to himself. I completely disagree with the whole "it makes people that got layed off feel worse so don't post it"/"this is too selfish" line of reasoning. He's a human being, too. It's probably therapeutic to post his point of view. And personally I'd rather read this blog post after being layed off than nothing at all. +it seems like they handled the layoffs pretty well

peteretep 11y ago
> he clearly assigns blame to himself I found the amount he said "it was all my fault" over and over again to make the whole thing sound insincere, but I guess there's no pleasing everyone. I've only fired people before, never laid people off, but where I'm from the process is long and drawn out, and you have many many meetings that need to focus on a person's failings. Being able to say "it's not you, it's me", and sending someone on their way with generous severance sounds like a bucket load more fun than having to document - in excruciating detail and face to face - why someone you like as a person is incompetent and needs to go.
- philjr 11y ago
  That's a different dynamic. Consciously managing someone out is very different than taking potentially star performers and laying them off for nothing you can attribute to them.