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Re:‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase by edbob on Friday November 27, 2020 @09:10PM (#25234526)
The article fails to mention the generous 4-6 month severance package that was being offered at the same time as the relocation of the division. Of course a bunch of employees will take the 6 months paid vacation over moving.

This is the level of dishonesty that I've come to expect from the NYT. Any fact that does not fit their narrative basically doesn't exist.

Better treatment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25233702

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Re:‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase by athriren on Friday November 27, 2020 @10:13PM (#25234930)
as others have pointed out when this is brought up, this seems out of order to me. the relocations required in the story that caused the team’s exodus occurred prior to the severance package tied to coinbase’s new corporate stance on workplace social justice advocacy.

however, i am not sure that is relevant given the immediate example of a team member who was allowed to work remote. also, i am not sure it is relevant given the fact that there are many other underpinnings for the story’s thesis.

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Re:‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase by whakim on Friday November 27, 2020 @09:25PM (#25234622)
Do you have inside information that this was the case? Because I'm sure that would be quite compelling to hear.

To clarify, I assume the generous severance you're referring to is not the generous severance Coinbase offered employees as part of their no-politics-at-work approach, because the timelines don't match.

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