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GoDaddy Announces Layoffs of “About 8%”

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Re: GoDaddy Announces Layoffs of “About 8%”

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Post by scarface74 »

notyourwork wrote: post #70
scarface74 wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We can talk about philosophy all we wish. But reality is that I can’t take the philosophy and exchange it for goods and services. Whatever you think the role of an employee should be, we have to accept reality for what is and take responsibility accordingly. My wife and kids had no desire to talk prosaically about the role of the employee when I got laid off a decade ago. They were assured when I told that we had 3 m…

You’re 100% correct but it’s easy to dismiss because it devalues individual perception of how one thinks their company values them. Most of us aren’t special is the reality. Few are special and irreplaceable.

Have you known of any company of any size to go out of business because one person left?

I assure you that if any of us got hit by a bus tomorrow, the company would send our next of kin flowers along with “thoughts and prayers” and have an open req for our position before our body got cold.

Three months later, you would only see our name brought up in the occasional “git blame”

Re: GoDaddy Announces Layoffs of “About 8%”

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Post by notyourwork »

boycott-israel wrote: post #64
scarface74 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? You think any employer “cares about their employees”? A job is a transaction a way for me to trade labor for money and support ny addiction to food and shelter. It’s my responsibility to save accordingly always expecting a lay off. This has been my mindset since I was 22 years old making 11/hour as a computer operator saving my overtime pay until today at 49 where I stumbled into a role at $BigTech three year…

tl;dr - you're part of the problem

In what way?

Re: GoDaddy Announces Layoffs of “About 8%”

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Post by notyourwork »

scarface74 wrote: post #71
notyourwork wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You’re 100% correct but it’s easy to dismiss because it devalues individual perception of how one thinks their company values them. Most of us aren’t special is the reality. Few are special and irreplaceable.

Have you known of any company of any size to go out of business because one person left? I assure you that if any of us got hit by a bus tomorrow, the company would send our next of kin flowers along with “thoughts and prayers” and have an open req for our position before our body got cold. Three months later, you would only see our name brought up in the occasional “git blame”

I was agreeing with you to be clear. Perhaps it was misconstrued.

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Post by kerpotgh »

scandox wrote: post #37
likeabbas wrote: post #6

GoDaddy was the first software engineering job I worked for. I had interned there too. It's understandable that the external perception of the company is bad (and even sexist), but internally GoDaddy was a great place to work. They're always a major sponsor of Grace Hopper. They were adamant about hiring women. They made my internship so much fun, and I am still friends with many of my co-interns from that summer. Of…

I'd say the family metaphor is very apt. As a customer I always felt they were family run. Possibly a very large, ethnically homogeneous family with interests in funeral homes, car parks, casinos and hospitality. That kind of family.

Not even Asians/Indians?

Re: GoDaddy Announces Layoffs of “About 8%”

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Post by tuerie666 »

0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #57
likeabbas wrote: post #6

GoDaddy was the first software engineering job I worked for. I had interned there too. It's understandable that the external perception of the company is bad (and even sexist), but internally GoDaddy was a great place to work. They're always a major sponsor of Grace Hopper. They were adamant about hiring women. They made my internship so much fun, and I am still friends with many of my co-interns from that summer. Of…

The thing that angers me about GoDaddy is the sniping of customer searched domains. Maybe “everyone does it”, but still scummy.

This is the biggest fake rumor that keeps on spreading. They don't even have the internal infra setup to support this.

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Post by osigurdson »

noduerme wrote: post #56
phphphphp wrote: post #15

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GoDaddy's entire brand presence was based on objectification of women for their early life. After GoDaddy's founder Bob left, it got better. Bob was a character and arguably the entire reason for the insane brand -- strange, strange man.

Look, "Go Daddy" itself is pretty weird and creepy as a name. The thing that really soured me on it and pulled my clients who were there was the fact that the "daddy" in question was out shooting elephants. Family environment is great and all, and I suppose some villagers got to eat an elephant, but I'll be damned if I'll let anyone I know pay that guy for domain registration. https://abcnews.go.com/Business/daddy-ce…

Go Daddy is proof that a fractured market can be consolidated with extreme marketing exposure. Wix, Monday.com, Asana, etc. are using the same playbook imo.

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Post by kristiandupont »

scarface74 wrote: post #71
notyourwork wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You’re 100% correct but it’s easy to dismiss because it devalues individual perception of how one thinks their company values them. Most of us aren’t special is the reality. Few are special and irreplaceable.

Have you known of any company of any size to go out of business because one person left? I assure you that if any of us got hit by a bus tomorrow, the company would send our next of kin flowers along with “thoughts and prayers” and have an open req for our position before our body got cold. Three months later, you would only see our name brought up in the occasional “git blame”

By your definition, the only way someone "cares" about another person is if they are prepared to suffer any and every possible loss to protect said person from harm?

Re: GoDaddy Announces Layoffs of “About 8%”

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Post by officialchicken »

scarface74 wrote: post #27
officialchicken wrote: post #3

Oh good... another CEO mass-firing statement that takes no responsibility and indicates no negative side-effects for their "leadership" ability. To those recently let go, I hope you find a new opportunity in a place where the those in charge actually care about their employees; and they have the foresight to ensure their long-term well-being.

Really? You think any employer “cares about their employees”? A job is a transaction a way for me to trade labor for money and support ny addiction to food and shelter. It’s my responsibility to save accordingly always expecting a lay off. This has been my mindset since I was 22 years old making 11/hour as a computer operator saving my overtime pay until today at 49 where I stumbled into a role at $BigTech three year…

Yes, I do. I really do care. And I know there are other founders and hiring managers who care too (except HR, they only care about the business).

re: walking uphill barefoot in snow both ways, attitude towards a financial plan is not your career; it has little to do with those who work around you.

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