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Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling by a3n on Monday March 07, 2016 @12:50PM (#11240259)
You only missed the part where members are isolated from friends, family and others who might point out that "this isn't really a good thing." What you listed is necessary infrastructure, but the isolation is the key to making any cult work, and it's why deprogramming is a thing, or at least a meme.

I haven't heard of any isolation at Zappos ...

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Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling by VonGuard on Monday March 07, 2016 @01:53PM (#11240702)
They uprooted everyone and moved to Vegas, leaving behind friends and family, and ensuring everyone who moved only knew Zappos people when they landed there. Maybe it's not a boat in the ocean level of isolation, but it is isolation. One startup founder who moved his startup along with Zappos (it was a multi-startup move, kinda like a corporate migration) eventually committed suicide...
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Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling by Rainymood on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @04:24AM (#11244289)
>One startup founder who moved his startup along with Zappos (it was a multi-startup move, kinda like a corporate migration) eventually committed suicide...

Woah, got some more info on that?

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Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling by VonGuard on Friday March 11, 2016 @06:19PM (#11270296)
Sorry for the delayed response: http://recode.net/2014/10/01/the-downtown-project-suicides-c...

Looks like there were a few!

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Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling by kbenson on Monday March 07, 2016 @12:56PM (#11240295)
As I read this, the sibling comment immediately under yours[1] is talking about the Zappos move to Vegas, and how it resulted in your colleagues being your support group, and you theirs...

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11240230

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Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling by a3n on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @08:59AM (#11245218)
Wow. Reading your and VonGuard's comment makes me kind of queasy. Now it sounds like a cult is at least plausible.
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