News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Microsoft and GitHub have held acquisition talks. Parent comment

Re:Microsoft and GitHub have held acquisition talks by forgottenpass on Friday June 01, 2018 @03:21PM (#17209032)
Didn't github already deliberately kill their own culture a few years back with policy changes and a layer of middle management?

edit: This isn't snark. Didn't they legit cut a bunch of perks, refocus everyone's priorities, and hire some people to start cracking whips? Or was I reading the public accounts of that situation wrong? Got bad scuttlebutt?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Microsoft and GitHub have held acquisition talks by youdontknowtho on Monday June 04, 2018 @06:57AM (#17226549)
I hadn't heard that. That stands to reason. Business people actually detest that "flat organization" model. They really get off on hierarchy and power.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Microsoft and GitHub have held acquisition talks by SanDimasFootbal on Friday June 01, 2018 @05:12PM (#17210369)
I think you are saying that they shifted from the full holocracy ambition to one with a more traditional management element because it wasn't working as well as they wanted.
[ Parent | on HN ]