Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub
by sureaboutthis on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:09AM
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Microsoft only left US Federal oversight seven years ago. Satya has only been in charge for four years. Do you think the mindset of an international 130,000 employee company can change that fast?
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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub
by Kalroth on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:26AM
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The changes that Satya implemented were only possible because the majority of employees agreed with his vision.
Anecdotally speaking, the culture enforced by Ballmer was not that popular among Microsoft's employees.
Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub
by sureaboutthis on Thursday September 20, 2018 @09:30AM
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Your two sentences contradict each other. If Ballmer's implementations were unpopular with employees, why did he hold office for so long?
What I'm saying is, employees don't get to decide how a company is run.
Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub
by village-idiot on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:15AM
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Yes. Because you don’t have to change all of it. A lot of those people are in support, logistics, or working in extremely stable projects (e.g. office).
Besides, the risk here is toxic managerial choices, and you can and do swap out VPs and similar over half a decade.