“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”

Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by notadoc on Friday April 30, 2021 @05:08PM (#26999358)

Guessing nearly 1/3 of employees at many companies would leave immediately if offered 6 months salary.

Or maybe it's because those people were upset that discussing politics was not part of their job description?

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by blocked_again on Friday April 30, 2021 @05:36PM (#26999679)

6 months salary is only for long term employees. For rest it's 3 months.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by fastball on Saturday May 01, 2021 @03:12AM (#27004046)

Sure but 46/57 employees count as long-term.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by cblconfederate on Friday April 30, 2021 @05:37PM (#26999681)

isnt that a very large amount of money?

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by predaking on Friday April 30, 2021 @05:24PM (#26999545)

I'm guessing it might be that 1/3 of those employees were upset that they found out about the initial policy change via a public facing blog post, possibly felt that the behavior of one of their main leaders was increasingly toxic and poisonous, didn't want to be associated with him and got a buyout. I mean, if I was working for a raging asshole who suddenly said "if you don't like me, here's 6 months salary" you bet your butt I'd take that. =)

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