PagerDuty CEO Quotes Martin Luther King Jr. In Worst Layoff Email Ever

Post by caskstrength » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:10 AM UTC

robofanatic wrote: post #124

Someone1234 wrote: post #96

Here's what a layoff email should include: - Broad specifics on who is getting laid off (numbers, teams/areas, geography). To help everyone understand the scope/nature of it. - Specifics about when people impacted will be notified by (ideally as short as possible, so people aren't e.g. waiting over a weekend to hear on Monday). Also, exactly how they will be notified. - Specifics on severance/support/benefits and or…

> I also like how it is "11 weeks" instead of 3 months, May be that's because in US some people are paid bi-weekly and people's paydays can be different

Post by nunez » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 4:05 PM UTC

slantedview wrote: post #119

nunez wrote: post #118

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11 weeks..._on average_!

For the record, this is less generous than other companies have offered.

Post by slenk » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 5:51 PM UTC

schrodinger wrote: post #219

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I have no words to express how much I hate US culture around on call duty. When I was on call in Europe, in 2 different countries, it was either: * you're on call but you get paid extra hours for each hour on call. This was enforced by law. You're asking an employee to put in more than the legal 40-ish hours? You pay. Let me tell you that companies only used that when they really cared about being up 24/7. * your wor…

I work for a European company and on-call is mandatory (part of your employment contract, and no additional compensation). However, the culture around it is completely different. You're expected to take the next day off if you get paged in the middle of the night (unless it's like a 5 min false alarm), you get to expense all meals while on-call, and your manager freely gives time off in lieu if you have a bad shift.

Post by mardifoufs » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 9:33 PM UTC

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What a completely weird conspiracy theory. Are you saying big tech execs are republicans? This is literally just blue maga qanon rhetoric. They said the exact same about "the elite" sabotaging trump back in 2020 by tanking the economy since it was doing too well for him to lose.

The GP is correct. Executives have been warning about a so-called recession since spring 2022, and it's naive to think they're doing it to keep the public informed--that's not really their thing. They've been trying to induce a slowdown because the unemployment rate is too low, and they don't want to raise salaries. Unionization is gaining traction across the country, and executives need to exert their bargaining pow…

Post by Dylan16807 » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:50 PM UTC

MisterBastahrd wrote: post #248

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You're saying they're not trying to slow down the economy to lower inflation , but rather inflation is the tool to slow down the economy with ???

What exactly do you think raising interest rates contribute to? Yes, prices are going higher, but they're trying to use the tools available to force hiring to slow down because it's impacting the market with increased wages.