I’ve been thinking about this for a couple of days, and I’ve decided that even though it’s more humane than mass layoffs, asking 60,000 of your employees to quit is a leadership failure.
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@carnage4life using AI as a scapegoat rather than admitting they are clueless isn't a growth mindset. SlT maximizing shareholder value and their bonuses until they can sell to Bending Spoons!
@carnage4life I agree 100%. It's also a failure of imagination if they can't use these employees to e.g. invent and develop new products. Or, they could move the whole company to a 32-hour work week.
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Maybe it’s a case of empathy. What a loser.
I’d be interested to hear more about why.
For my last 4 years there, I was hoping and wishing for some kind of buyout (Only for it to show up 6mo after I left).
I had no viable mechanism to signal this to my management however. So only by the company offering something would folks like myself be able to opt in.
As for leadership, I should clarify that I’m likely to agree. I hadn’t seen strong leadership since Sinofsky left. Everything moved to a bottom-up approach afterwards.
@carnage4life it does feel like a waste. Recruitment isn't easy or cheap. Seems like you could take 30k and try to vertically integrate to remove your most annoying vendor.
@carnage4life it’s a retention psy-op. If you don’t take it, you won’t look for job until the next one because you think you might lose money. It might also be a ploy to id high performers who think they can do better.