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Was it necessary? Probably not. But I found the in-person time valuable, especially with teammates I’d never met face to face.
Source: I was there
You can call it a 'party' if you want, but a company-wide in-person event is a) valuable, and b) expensive. Calling an all-hands a party without any supporting evidence feels willfully negligent.
Maybe it’s just me, but I think being able to retain more employees is more valuable than flying the entire company for an in person event.
He said very specifically that the layoffs weren’t for financial reasons, and they are publicly traded company so you can just look at the reports. Anyone who thinks this wasn’t because of AI has a level of optimism I’ll never achieve.
How is the competing narrative of cutting teams that were working on non-core or experimental projects falsified by any of this? Why wouldn't they put a brave face on that and chalk it up to AI? You can see how the stock market has rewarded it.
Describing it as a “party” feels misleading. It was a company-wide offsite for an essentially fully remote organization. Was it necessary? Probably not. But I found the in-person time valuable, especially with teammates I’d never met face to face. Source: I was there
Describing it as a “party” feels misleading. It was a company-wide offsite for an essentially fully remote organization. Was it necessary? Probably not. But I found the in-person time valuable, especially with teammates I’d never met face to face. Source: I was there
He said very specifically that the layoffs weren’t for financial reasons, and they are publicly traded company so you can just look at the reports. Anyone who thinks this wasn’t because of AI has a level of optimism I’ll never achieve.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe it’s just me, but I think being able to retain more employees is more valuable than flying the entire company for an in person event.
One could argue a smaller number of employees that are more motivated and feel connected to their coworkersis better than a more employees that are all isolated and "meh".
Describing it as a “party” feels misleading. It was a company-wide offsite for an essentially fully remote organization. Was it necessary? Probably not. But I found the in-person time valuable, especially with teammates I’d never met face to face. Source: I was there
How did they manage to spend 68M on it? Genuinely asking or is the number not accurate as it is clumped together with other stuff?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
One could argue a smaller number of employees that are more motivated and feel connected to their coworkersis better than a more employees that are all isolated and "meh".
Nothing inspires people to feel motivated and connected more than layoffs.
/s