Dropbox announces 20% global workforce reduction

Post by red-iron-pine » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 4:19 PM UTC

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I make a decent salary as a programmer (150k) but my house only cost 250k and my mortgage is about 1400. How I see it, if I have to flip burgers to keep my house, I can pull it off. I can't imagine have a mortgage that's 10gs a month.

For a lot of people this isn't possible. You won't find a liveable home in my country for under 600k.

Post by s1artibartfast » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 4:32 PM UTC

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>Seems like shitty consumer rights that they'll just keep the data regardless of what I do. But they aren't keeping it regardless of what you do. You can ask them to delete it and they will. The power is in your hands and you are refusing to use it.

They are absolutely keeping it regardless of what I do, I cancelled two years ago (next month it'll be three years) and they send me daily emails about how they will threaten to delete the data when they have no intention of doing so. You don't find that misleading and poor for consumers? Companies shouldn't have carte blanche to do whatever they want. Especially when I terminated a service years ago.

Post by HDThoreaun » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 4:39 PM UTC

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I make a decent salary as a programmer (150k) but my house only cost 250k and my mortgage is about 1400. How I see it, if I have to flip burgers to keep my house, I can pull it off. I can't imagine have a mortgage that's 10gs a month.

> I make a decent salary as a programmer (150k) but my house only cost 250k I'm guessing remote work, or a high position in the midwest or some other place? In SF/Seattle/NYC, 250K is not enough for a studio apartment.

Post by nradov » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 4:49 PM UTC

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Eventually we all get fired. It shouldn't come as a shock. This is why people working in volatile industries subject to boom/bust cycles should live below their means and keep at least several months of living expenses (including health insurance premiums) in low-risk, liquid investments. I do understand that it can be challenging to save for young people with student debt starting out in a HCOL area. But I see older…

> Eventually ... Yes, but the problems start in severe economic crises. Specifically, when those several months turn into years. Many filters during the hiring process, prior to interview will discard those candidates who have gaps since last employment regardless of circumstance. They may use AI as a third-party company to review and obscure the fact that they aren't hiring anyone over 40, female, or otherwise prote…

Post by SoftTalker » Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 4:59 PM UTC

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That's not what it means. As CEO, it's his responsibility to make/approve the decision to do the layoffs, or not. The buck stops with him. That's all that it means. It doesn't mean he's liable for any hardships.

I'm more with GP. If "responsibility" only constitutes "I pull the trigger, and I don't care what happens as a result", then that is a fairly weak kind of leadership -- ostensibly not very different from a child doing whatever they want in a consequence-free manner. I want to believe that "responsibility" not only constitutes "I can make things happen", but that "I am willing to Make Things Right if my actions cause…