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[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I’m 47. I’m not a boomer (although I’m probably hella-old compared to most here) and I’d just like to say: What a bloody bunch of boomer-bosses.

“Have you tried disagreeing on a call! It’s hard!”

Grow up man, use the hand up feature and state your case. I work in a fully remote business and we have better meetings here than any office based meeting I’ve ever been in. Calendars are public, confluence is prevalent, slack is the lifeline (thankfully very little email) for everything; with a bunch of “banter”, hobby channels etc. We start every large meeting with a “one personal and one professional highlight” before we commence. I know the people here better than I’ve ever done my office based colleagues.

They are going to regret this. I do not know any developer who would prefer 5 days in the office. None. It’s not like Amazon’s compensation was that high. I really genuinely don’t understand how they expect to recruit.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 20 hours ago

They are going to regret this?

A company doesn't remember, and the people who are actually responsible don't have regrets cuz the other option was to hand over control to someone else (hopefully more qualified).

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 1 points 14 hours ago

Myeah I know what you mean, but the people that get associated with a bad decision at the highest level will usually end up being told by the board before they’re let go. It’s all in private, but in my experience those discussions are reasonably frank.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 8 hours ago

The board doesn't "let go" of people willing to do a hatchet job, they hire them into their other companies to do the same. "Failing upwards" is a term that comes to mind.

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 1 points 6 hours ago

Is that an opinion or backed by facts? I’ve never seen someone fired from a C-level role only to be hired into an investor’s other investment.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 4 hours ago

The point is they don't get fired for laying off staff.

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