Silicon Valley layoffs aren’t a cost-cutting measure. They’re a culture reset
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Re: Silicon Valley layoffs aren’t a cost-cutting measure. They’re a culture reset
#2time to start an Union then ?
Re: Silicon Valley layoffs aren’t a cost-cutting measure. They’re a culture reset
#3The Silicon Valley culture was aimed at attracting younger talent away from established companies, with childish perks like free food and video games, and a less rigid work structure. But it was never going be sustainable. At the core, the ‘promise’ that these new tech companies alluded to one day had to actually appear. And the slow creep of government regulation was always going to catch up too.
I always assumed most of these large companies would adapt and survive but it’s looking increasingly like they will not, or cannot.
Re: Silicon Valley layoffs aren’t a cost-cutting measure. They’re a culture reset
#4time to start an Union then ?
Yup, this is about reasserting the boss-over-worker structures. The workers were getting to uppity, expecting things like actual work-life balance.
Re: Silicon Valley layoffs aren’t a cost-cutting measure. They’re a culture reset
#5As long as tech companies remain fantastically profitable the culture will not change.
I see this as just a sour grapes piece from a journalist who has to cover tech from outside the bubble.
Re: Silicon Valley layoffs aren’t a cost-cutting measure. They’re a culture reset
#6The Silicon Valley culture was aimed at attracting younger talent away from established companies, with childish perks like free food and video games, and a less rigid work structure. But it was never going be sustainable. At the core, the ‘promise’ that these new tech companies alluded to one day had to actually appear. And the slow creep of government regulation was always going to catch up too. I always assumed mo…
> childish perks like free food
Ahh yes, food, such a childish thing.
Re: Silicon Valley layoffs aren’t a cost-cutting measure. They’re a culture reset
#7> The last real deflation in tech was all the way back in 2000, 2001. There’s almost no one working in tech now who was around for that.
Oh?
Re: Silicon Valley layoffs aren’t a cost-cutting measure. They’re a culture reset
#8As long as tech companies remain fantastically profitable the culture will not change. I see this as just a sour grapes piece from a journalist who has to cover tech from outside the bubble.
East coast money vs west coast money; always has been.
Re: Silicon Valley layoffs aren’t a cost-cutting measure. They’re a culture reset
#9The Silicon Valley culture was aimed at attracting younger talent away from established companies, with childish perks like free food and video games, and a less rigid work structure. But it was never going be sustainable. At the core, the ‘promise’ that these new tech companies alluded to one day had to actually appear. And the slow creep of government regulation was always going to catch up too. I always assumed mo…
> childish perks like free food Ahh yes, food, such a childish thing.
Big boys go for yacht and stuff /s
Re: Silicon Valley layoffs aren’t a cost-cutting measure. They’re a culture reset
#10The Silicon Valley culture was aimed at attracting younger talent away from established companies, with childish perks like free food and video games, and a less rigid work structure. But it was never going be sustainable. At the core, the ‘promise’ that these new tech companies alluded to one day had to actually appear. And the slow creep of government regulation was always going to catch up too. I always assumed mo…
> childish perks like free food Ahh yes, food, such a childish thing.
Conveniently dropped the ‘free’ I see. Whenever I interviewed with companies and they mentioned free meals or fridges full of sodas as a perk, that was a red flag. Companies like IBM and Microsoft had on-site cafeterias and coffee shops usually with subsidized pricing and it never came up in in interviews.