GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values

Post by anonymars » Mon, May 11, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC

cryzinger wrote: post #130

crote wrote: post #41

This feels like a massive own goal. GitHub is publicly destroying itself in a desperate attempt to realize Microsoft's AI dreams, and as its main competitor your response is... to do the same? Rather than going for a "Humans first, robot assistants welcome" approach which promises to deliver things like stability, reliability, trustworthiness, and human connections, they decide to go all-out on firing the humans and…

I'm no big-city product strategist, but this is what kills me about so many of these "we're pivoting to AI" announcements. Everyone else is doing the same thing (or already had a long time ago--like you said, GitLab is late to the game here), so squeezing yourself into an AI-shaped mold does exactly nothing to differentiate yourself from the competition. And if/when the AI hype machine sputters to a halt, the few com…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 11, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC

x0x0 wrote: post #162

Animats wrote: post #17

Their old CREDIT values: Collaboration, Results for Customers, Efficiency, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, Iteration, and Transparency. New values: Speed with Quality, Ownership Mindset, Customer Outcomes. In other words, work harder, not smarter, and no more DEI.

"Speed with Quality" Having been in some of these values meetings, I really imagine it went like this: someone wanted speed, and someone else wanted quality. Sorry, I mean Speed and Quality. Many people said there is a tradeoff between those two things, and only one thing can be first. Some brilliant businessman: "I know, we'll combine them. We want Speed _and_ Quality." Thus, "Speed with Quality." Tada! Values are a…

Post by makeitdouble » Mon, May 11, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC

crote wrote: post #67

knollimar wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the people who would leave after a layoff can do so preemptively, perhaps saving headcount for someone else?

The problem is that such voluntary separation programs tends to disproportionate attract high performers. You're losing the "10x engineer" who has stuck around because they like being here - despite getting attractive offers from the competition. The mediocre people who dread looking for a new job during a hidden recession aren't going to leave. They can't afford the risk of not being able to find a new place of empl…

Post by junberl » Mon, May 11, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC

georgemcbay wrote: post #149

PradeetPatel wrote: post #110

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There seems to be a massive push against DEI over the last few years in the tech industry globally, despite it being one of the industry's greatest strength. Does anyone know what caused this?

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Post by HumblyTossed » Mon, May 11, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC