piece_of_mind

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   by piece_of_mind 3y ago

   > You can't assume losing half of staff is a downside. RTO is a great solution for bloated companies which overhired during the pandemic. Grindr didn't have a bloated staff. It had less than 200 employees, half that sw engineer
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   by piece_of_mind 3y ago

   The company offered a six month severance. Nobody in their right mind would leave that on the table and wait to get fired.
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   by piece_of_mind 3y ago

   A lot of it is AWS spend.
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   by piece_of_mind 3y ago

   Unionization efforts started at least 2 weeks before the RTO plans.
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   by piece_of_mind 3y ago

   It's a terrible decision. The company is mortally wounded now, and the management (CEO especially) lost any trust, however small that was. Also, all the employees who quit took the six month severance.