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Re:Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices by greenyoda on Monday May 18, 2020 @05:47PM (#23228767)
Anything that can cause your company to lose a lot of money can be truly urgent. For example, your biggest customer needs a new feature, and if they don't get it by the end of the quarter, they'll switch to your competitor.

On the other hand, artificial deadlines that are invented by your company's management are usually not urgent.

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Re:Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices by freeone3000 on Monday May 18, 2020 @08:48PM (#23230141)
How can a person working on features tell the difference between critical and non-critical features?
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Re:Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices by blaser-waffle on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:42AM (#23235370)
Ignore it and see how many calls you get
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Re:Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices by brianwawok on Monday May 18, 2020 @11:15PM (#23230978)
Go to lunch with the PM?
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Re:Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices by user5994461 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:04PM (#23236388)
A large company would never manage to switch to a competitor in one quarter. And they try any hard, it most likely means their getting a cashback under the table for the new contract, or other perk of the sort, the feature is just an excuse.
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