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Re: Stack Overflow reduces global workforce by approximately 15%

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Post by Karunamon »

goatherders wrote: post #18
noncoml wrote: post #15

I have some karma to burn, so here it goes: Be shitty to people and they will turn their back to you. I am ashamed to admit it, but I am happy to see companies that embrace being shitty to users, fall like a house of cards. Yes, SO embraced being shitty to users and creating a toxic environment for far too long, despite their latest weak attempts to fix it. I hope eBay, Paypal and Yelp are next. Also somewhat Reddit.…

What are you talking about?

If I had to guess, Stack*'s opaque moderation and user hostility.

Re: Stack Overflow reduces global workforce by approximately 15%

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Post by shadycuz »

goatherders wrote: post #18
noncoml wrote: post #15

I have some karma to burn, so here it goes: Be shitty to people and they will turn their back to you. I am ashamed to admit it, but I am happy to see companies that embrace being shitty to users, fall like a house of cards. Yes, SO embraced being shitty to users and creating a toxic environment for far too long, despite their latest weak attempts to fix it. I hope eBay, Paypal and Yelp are next. Also somewhat Reddit.…

What are you talking about?

Most likely this https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/333965/firing-mods-...

Re: Stack Overflow reduces global workforce by approximately 15%

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Post by abiogenesis »

KingOfCoders wrote: post #17
Trasmatta wrote: post #2

> This is a key moment in our company’s history, as the whole world is dealing with significant uncertainty. Know that you are not alone. We are facing this situation together. Our goal is to stay focused on living our core values and actively connect with teammates, our community, and our customers. The phrase "We are facing this together" must sound really hollow if you're one of the people who has been laid off...

I would have thought better of Stack Overflow than this business speak.

They've been like this since Joel left and the new CEO stepped in. Obviously their mission is nothing but to increase their valuation by tenfold now.

Edit: This is not my guess, it has actually been said by Joel Spolsky, the founder and the previous CEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMfxd9y0cMY&t=952

Re: Stack Overflow reduces global workforce by approximately 15%

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Post by mattigames »

Trasmatta wrote: post #2

> This is a key moment in our company’s history, as the whole world is dealing with significant uncertainty. Know that you are not alone. We are facing this situation together. Our goal is to stay focused on living our core values and actively connect with teammates, our community, and our customers. The phrase "We are facing this together" must sound really hollow if you're one of the people who has been laid off...

It's becoming a meme, like a viral tweet said

> I like how ads have gone from “buy a toyota” to “this is a difficult and uncertain time for us all...buy a toyota”

Like when ever company says how we are in this together or how emphatetic they are in these difficult times it just fills me with dread, the opposite of what they were aiming for, it's clear that talking about the crisis is now just another trick in the PR department of almost every single company so there is no way to make those words not feel empty, so I rather don't hear them say anything about it at all.

Re: Stack Overflow reduces global workforce by approximately 15%

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Post by CameronNemo »

nrb wrote: post #11
mysterEFrank wrote: post #5

I don't get it, how are they affected by COVID

According to the post, it’s due to contraction with their talent sourcing product: > This week, we reduced our global workforce by approximately 15%. Most of the affected employees were furloughed, except for employees and contractors in regions where furloughs were unfortunately not an option. These actions primarily affected sales and customer success teams within our Talent business, which is dependent on the hiri…

What I find notable is that close to 15% (at least 7.5% if "most" means what everyone thinks it means) of the workforce is sales and marketing for a service that is not even core to their business.

Re: Stack Overflow reduces global workforce by approximately 15%

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Post by dylan604 »

mattigames wrote: post #25
Trasmatta wrote: post #2

> This is a key moment in our company’s history, as the whole world is dealing with significant uncertainty. Know that you are not alone. We are facing this situation together. Our goal is to stay focused on living our core values and actively connect with teammates, our community, and our customers. The phrase "We are facing this together" must sound really hollow if you're one of the people who has been laid off...

It's becoming a meme, like a viral tweet said > I like how ads have gone from “buy a toyota” to “this is a difficult and uncertain time for us all...buy a toyota” Like when ever company says how we are in this together or how emphatetic they are in these difficult times it just fills me with dread, the opposite of what they were aiming for, it's clear that talking about the crisis is now just another trick in the PR…

It quickly became the new "Thank you for your service"

Re: Stack Overflow reduces global workforce by approximately 15%

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Post by abiogenesis »

noncoml wrote: post #15

I have some karma to burn, so here it goes: Be shitty to people and they will turn their back to you. I am ashamed to admit it, but I am happy to see companies that embrace being shitty to users, fall like a house of cards. Yes, SO embraced being shitty to users and creating a toxic environment for far too long, despite their latest weak attempts to fix it. I hope eBay, Paypal and Yelp are next. Also somewhat Reddit.…

Agreed. I have been an active SO user for years, but I significantly reduced my contribution after the latest screwups and their attempts to fix it with corporate/legal speak.

Re: Stack Overflow reduces global workforce by approximately 15%

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Post by jaynetics »

Trasmatta wrote: post #2

> This is a key moment in our company’s history, as the whole world is dealing with significant uncertainty. Know that you are not alone. We are facing this situation together. Our goal is to stay focused on living our core values and actively connect with teammates, our community, and our customers. The phrase "We are facing this together" must sound really hollow if you're one of the people who has been laid off...

Also the 15% layoff is mentioned pretty much like a side-note between tons of text about new features, free basic tiers, the dev survey, usage stats, and what not. Spin-doctoring can go too far at times.

Re: Stack Overflow reduces global workforce by approximately 15%

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Post by gorgoiler »

mattigames wrote: post #25
Trasmatta wrote: post #2

> This is a key moment in our company’s history, as the whole world is dealing with significant uncertainty. Know that you are not alone. We are facing this situation together. Our goal is to stay focused on living our core values and actively connect with teammates, our community, and our customers. The phrase "We are facing this together" must sound really hollow if you're one of the people who has been laid off...

It's becoming a meme, like a viral tweet said > I like how ads have gone from “buy a toyota” to “this is a difficult and uncertain time for us all...buy a toyota” Like when ever company says how we are in this together or how emphatetic they are in these difficult times it just fills me with dread, the opposite of what they were aiming for, it's clear that talking about the crisis is now just another trick in the PR…

“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_(1976_film)

This comment isn’t a rebuttal — I agree with you and every time I mull on these things I am reminded of the memorable saying from the movie Network.

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