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Restructuring Announcement
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#12Tough break for Matt Mullenweg, who unfortunately was caught up in this reduction in force. I am sure this unexpected change will afford him new opportunities. Wishing him the best!
for others who took this at its word, this sarcasm. matt is unaffected.
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#13Not especially surprising, but there’s an awfully large elephant in the room that likely directly contributed to this necessity that goes completely unmentioned.
Is the elephant in the room with us now? (Mind filling in?)
the author of that email has been having a very public breakdown for months now, mostly consisting of being a prick and trying to harm the community and a competitor.
Re: Restructuring Announcement
#14> This restructuring will result in an approximately 16% workforce reduction
Probably the most salient detail for non-Automattic employees. Everything else was generic fluff.
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#15on the positive side, it's a small thing monetarily, but retention of company laptops is a nice goodwill gesture
Eh, from the company's perspective this is logistically easiest--the laptop's value is hardly worth the effort.
a lot of companies ask for equipment to be returned due to security concerns, or just on principle
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#16on the positive side, it's a small thing monetarily, but retention of company laptops is a nice goodwill gesture
Eh, from the company's perspective this is logistically easiest--the laptop's value is hardly worth the effort.
And yet only one company I've ever worked for went this way.
I wish more did; it really is such a small goodwill gesture to departing employees.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Eh, from the company's perspective this is logistically easiest--the laptop's value is hardly worth the effort.
a lot of companies ask for equipment to be returned due to security concerns, or just on principle
klarna allowed us to buy our work phone and macbook paying only the tax value. We had to give them the devices so they would be wiped out by a third party, then they mailed them to my home.
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#18on the positive side, it's a small thing monetarily, but retention of company laptops is a nice goodwill gesture
Eh, from the company's perspective this is logistically easiest--the laptop's value is hardly worth the effort.
We always let our ex-employees keep their laptops because a. why not? and b. I don't need laptops for positions that no longer exist.
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#19Tough break for Matt Mullenweg, who unfortunately was caught up in this reduction in force. I am sure this unexpected change will afford him new opportunities. Wishing him the best!
for others who took this at its word, this sarcasm. matt is unaffected.
As a great man once said: "some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make"