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Re: Coinbase employees petition to remove execs

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Post by residentcoder »

_w4wc wrote: post #300
barmstrong wrote: post #271

Responded here https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/15353049437284147...

Someone said: A generally apathetic and sometimes condescending attitude from the CPO, COO, and Chief People Officer Which you replied to with a very apathetic and condescending: Second, if you have no confidence in the execs or CEO of a company then why are you working at that company? Quit and find a company to work at that you believe in! This is a very amateurish response, and honestly I'm expecting better from s…

>Which you replied to with a very apathetic and condescending

Well, he did say he felt offended that he wasn't included in the list.

>You should have used this as an opportunity to make your employees believe they made the right choice

Brian is doing that here. Except he is appealing to the employees that aligns with him and his choice of people for exec leadership. You seem to assume that a vast majority of the employee base agrees with the petitioner, and Brian seems to assume that a vast majority agrees with his PoV.

Re: Coinbase employees petition to remove execs

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Post by [deleted] »

jjulius wrote: post #285
barmstrong wrote: post #271

Responded here https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/15353049437284147...

>Second, if you have no confidence in the execs or CEO of a company then why are you working at that company? Quit and find a company to work at that you believe in! This comment is really, really tone-deaf. People can believe strongly in the vision and mission of a company while also feeling strongly that upper leadership is steering it in the wrong direction and/or making decisions that negatively impact the compan…

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Re: Coinbase employees petition to remove execs

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Post by wonderwonder »

dmitrygr wrote: post #304
barmstrong wrote: post #271

Responded here https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/15353049437284147...

> if you get caught you will be fired Retaliation?

Sure, but not in an illegal way, I think its warranted. Its one thing to post the recall letter internally but to publicly bash your employer and call for the firing of others and expect to keep your job is insanity. They could have easily rewritten the letter to be less inflammatory, identified the problems, proposed solutions that did not target individual leaders and posted it on an internal board. We are at a strange time in industry where people don't think they will be fired for publicly torching their employer (see the recent Washington Post debacle). With that said, Brian's response was equally bad.

Re: Coinbase employees petition to remove execs

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Post by meowtimemania »

matwood wrote: post #134
asien wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I think FB, Goog, etc. could lay off thousands with no adverse effects and in fact an increase in velocity, quality, and quantity of new features/products. You can add Airbnb,Netflix,Uber they often attend conference to describe their architectures.It’s obvious most of these people have no idea what they are doing have no clear direction. They are just havin’ fun will trying to navigate corporates politics. Even th…

Just a note, that ABNB did a huge layoff at the start of the pandemic which allowed them to come out the other side a much stronger company. Actually highlights your point.

Was it the layoff that made them a stronger company or was it the market improving?

Re: Coinbase employees petition to remove execs

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Post by kart23 »

barmstrong wrote: post #271

Responded here https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/15353049437284147...

Honestly surprised he even responded to it, and every single tweet is a red flag there. Not a good look, and he didn't even address the rescinded offers which I think is dragging coinbase's rep down the most.

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Post by RestlessMind »

barmstrong wrote: post #271

Responded here https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/15353049437284147...

> 2/ First of all, if you want to do a vote of no confidence, you should do it on me and not blame the execs. Who do you think is running this company? I was a little offended not to be included :)

My first thought after reading that - maybe your employees actually believe that their execs are the ones running the show?

Re: Coinbase employees petition to remove execs

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Post by eatmycoin »

residentcoder wrote: post #311
_w4wc wrote: post #300

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone said: A generally apathetic and sometimes condescending attitude from the CPO, COO, and Chief People Officer Which you replied to with a very apathetic and condescending: Second, if you have no confidence in the execs or CEO of a company then why are you working at that company? Quit and find a company to work at that you believe in! This is a very amateurish response, and honestly I'm expecting better from s…

>Which you replied to with a very apathetic and condescending Well, he did say he felt offended that he wasn't included in the list. >You should have used this as an opportunity to make your employees believe they made the right choice Brian is doing that here. Except he is appealing to the employees that aligns with him and his choice of people for exec leadership. You seem to assume that a vast majority of the empl…

There are a lot of people that agree with the petitioner, but employees aren’t given an open forum to talk about internal problems. If you talk about things that are wrong too much with your manager, you get marked down for not being positive. There’s no “free speech” internally and it is a pretty oppressive environment in that it doesn’t feel safe to express yourself to anyone.
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