How Bird Laid Off 406 People in Two Minutes via Zoom

Re:How Bird Laid Off 406 People in Two Minutes via Zoom by heartbeats on Friday April 03, 2020 @12:31PM (#22770972)

But they're not their employees anymore. There's no point to doing any of this. The purpose of having a webinar was, presumably, that it should be atomic.

The rest of the things you're describing all cost money. Why spend money when you don't have to?

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Re:How Bird Laid Off 406 People in Two Minutes via Zoom by hnarn on Friday April 03, 2020 @01:14PM (#22771646)

Look, if you are completely devoid of empathy that's fine but don't act like this is how most people think.

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Re:How Bird Laid Off 406 People in Two Minutes via Zoom by HeroOfAges on Friday April 03, 2020 @05:47PM (#22774254)

While I would agree that most people don't think this way, the relatively few people that occupy executive level positions certainly do. Haven't you ever wondered why sociopaths are over-represented in positions of power and authority?

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Re:How Bird Laid Off 406 People in Two Minutes via Zoom by sushid on Friday April 03, 2020 @04:23PM (#22773597)

Stop saying "atomic" for Christ's sake. Unless the company is literally going under companies usually take the time to have a 1:1 chat with the person being laid off.

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