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Grindr Loses Almost Half Its Staff on 2-Day RTO Requirement

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Post by yieldcrv »

Phelinofist wrote: post #188
ikomrad wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! I was familiar with RTO since my employer is doing it by gradually increasing required # days in the office. But not everyone will know what it is .

A few weeks ago our CEO decided that we should be at least one day per month in the office (my commute is 2h over all by car). They say it is not mandatory and will not be enforced. Also, everyone can select the day that fits them the best, so not everyone will be at the office at the same day. When asked about the reasons for this, since we did pretty well during covid when everyone moved to HO, they gave the follow…

yeah once I realized everyone at my company shows up on different days of the week I stopped coming

I’m in the office once or twice a month now, usually for some team lunch or something.

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Post by dabraham1248 »

mrguyorama wrote: post #165
toomuchtodo wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's likely. https://prospect.org/labor/2023-08-28-bidens-nlrb-brings-wor... https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/board-issues-d... https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/national-labor...

That looks like a lot of marketing to me trying to shore up Biden's reputation with Union workers after he killed the railroad strike and left our necessary workers to the dogs.

From the _IBEW_ ( https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/2306... ):

> “We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers.

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Post by mitchdoogle »

mrguyorama wrote: post #165
toomuchtodo wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's likely. https://prospect.org/labor/2023-08-28-bidens-nlrb-brings-wor... https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/board-issues-d... https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/national-labor...

That looks like a lot of marketing to me trying to shore up Biden's reputation with Union workers after he killed the railroad strike and left our necessary workers to the dogs.

Whether someone truly cares about an issue or whether they are pretending to care, if the outcome is the same then does it actually matter?

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Post by tagyro »

smcg wrote: post #152
tagyro wrote: post #70

off-topic but I feel the urge to insert a gif with Palpatine rubbing/clapping it's hands, with an evil smile on-topic: 1. this move assures that all/most unionising employees quit; 2. given the 90% stock drop, will make this quarter look stellar (less salaries, more profit). to the people resigning: power is taken, not given!

go say that to their face

Maybe my comment was misunderstood but I’m strongly in support of the people resigning

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Post by Aloha »

ericmcer wrote: post #185
KptMarchewa wrote: post #116

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I agree - but I think this decision was made pretty consciously. As in, they did internal equivalent of PE buyout. Accept you're not growth company, get rid of large portion of the staff, cut all new developments and prospects, rest of remaining stuff just supports existing business. And extract all the wealth from this position that you can.

I am really surprised more CEOs don't do this. If I got a business to a few million in recurring revenue it would be very tempting to slice expenses down to just maintenance mode, take a huge salary while riding it into the dirt for a few years and then retire.

The market doesnt reward to, effectively.

The real thing is to treat a product as a sustaining engineer product, so minor new features, catering to the users you already have rather than trying to chase growth, etc.

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Post by qubitcoder »

n8cpdx wrote: post #50

How many engineers does it take to lose chats, give bots unfettered access, not back up my messages, and spam me with low quality ads? It’s worth pointing out that the fees they charge for the premium subscription are absolutely outrageous. $20-$40 PER MONTH. I guess they just added a web client, which absolutely no one needs, that probably cost a pretty penny. Scruff makes a drastically better product at similar sca…

On the contrary, I'd argue a web client is important for a number of reasons. Many apps, such as Instagram, aren't properly supported on iPadOS. In this case, a web client neatly solves various usability, window management, and accessibility issues.

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Post by boeingUH60 »

vuln wrote: post #212
callalex wrote: post #208

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Sorry, I should have been less brief. I don’t deny that the ADL has been campaigning against xitter, I just hold extreme doubt that they are the main reason xitter lost half of its ad revenue. I think that is more likely caused by other factors.

Do you have insider knowledge of the _other factors_ you _think_ is more likely the cause of revenue loss? Isn’t almost all of twitters revenue pre paid blue check, advertising? Where else are they generating income? Wasn’t twitter losing money before? Has twitter ever been profitable? I’ve linked to proof of boycotts and the ADLs position in convincing advertisers to drop twitter due to the ADLs “research.” You prov…

The ADL is not powerful enough to cause a 50% drop in Twitter revenue…most businesses don’t care about what they say.

The reason for the drop is Musk’s erratic behavior. Advertisers paused or halted their spending entirely because Musk is known for making on-the-fly decisions, and businesses don’t want to get caught up in his latest antics.

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Post by jstarfish »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #163
jstarfish wrote: post #126

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> I'm actually pretty nervous for users from a security perspective. The Grindr data is essentially a blackmail gold mine - combine a ton of disgruntled employees with the loss of expertise to maintain app security (which had a number of issues in the past), and I don't think it bodes well. This shouldn't change anything from an opsec perspective. Google itself will always have record of you having downloaded it to y…

If you think that "membership records" are the most damning thing that can be used for blackmail from Grindr, I can only surmise you've never used Grindr.

I have not, but I've been around.

Beyond pictures, chats, HIV status and GPS data, I cannot imagine what you're alluding to.

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Post by TheGigaChad »

Phelinofist wrote: post #188
ikomrad wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! I was familiar with RTO since my employer is doing it by gradually increasing required # days in the office. But not everyone will know what it is .

A few weeks ago our CEO decided that we should be at least one day per month in the office (my commute is 2h over all by car). They say it is not mandatory and will not be enforced. Also, everyone can select the day that fits them the best, so not everyone will be at the office at the same day. When asked about the reasons for this, since we did pretty well during covid when everyone moved to HO, they gave the follow…

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Post by r00fus »

giantg2 wrote: post #218
toomuchtodo wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's likely. https://prospect.org/labor/2023-08-28-bidens-nlrb-brings-wor... https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/board-issues-d... https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/national-labor...

Sure, plenty of rules exist. The real test is in how those get enforced.

NLRB just changed a key rule so a lot of union-busting by the employer now essentially automatically forces recognition of the union.

https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/board-revises-...

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