“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”
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#2"Changes at Basecamp" : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26944192 ( 4 days ago, 774 comments ).
Which is a feel good piece about management philosophy ( a bit back to our roots ) and does not mention layoffs once.
Re: “About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”
#3Isn’t that only 20 people?
Edit: as in, this is misleadingly phrased as if it’s a large collective action
Re: “About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”
#4Isn’t that only 20 people? Edit: as in, this is misleadingly phrased as if it’s a large collective action
Still a third, which has organizational consequences.
More importantly, this 20 people includes senior employees which cannot easily be replaced.
> The entire iOS team is out, Head of Design and one of the oldest hires is out of the team and the Rails Core Team as well.
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#5Re: “About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”
#6Isn’t that only 20 people? Edit: as in, this is misleadingly phrased as if it’s a large collective action
"About one-third of stools legs removed." "Isn't that only one leg?"
Re: “About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”
#7"Changes at Basecamp" : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26944192 ( 4 days ago, 774 comments ). Which is a feel good piece about management philosophy ( a bit back to our roots ) and does not mention layoffs once.
Sounds more like a "if you don't like it you can leave" and a bunch of people taking them up on it than a planned layoff. Would love to know what number of leavers they expected (I assume they expected/hoped for some) vs they got.
Re: “About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”
#8"Changes at Basecamp" : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26944192 ( 4 days ago, 774 comments ). Which is a feel good piece about management philosophy ( a bit back to our roots ) and does not mention layoffs once.
Sounds more like a "if you don't like it you can leave" and a bunch of people taking them up on it than a planned layoff. Would love to know what number of leavers they expected (I assume they expected/hoped for some) vs they got.
Now you mention it, is surely reads like that. Especially at the end : Who made these decisions? Well, David and I did.
And I searched the HN comments, and nobody seems to have uttered the words leaving or layoff.
Re: “About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”
#9Isn’t that only 20 people? Edit: as in, this is misleadingly phrased as if it’s a large collective action
*Three* org heads, two lead developers, and seven developers (apparently the entire iOS team) in that group, at least. That's a recruitment/headcount nightmare... I wouldn't be surprised if other employees leave based on crunch and headcount alone.
Re: “About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”
#10If a third of the people were willing to leave the company over a decision, it sounds like there was a real, meaningful mismatch in priorities.
Which is fine, but it's for the best for everyone to end that mismatch.