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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by Sebb767 on Friday April 30, 2021 @09:06PM (#27001818)
> That means hiring costs, costs for hiring the wrong people, and lack of productivity.

Given that they seem to view politic discussions and committees as non-productive and that most of the people that left did so because these were important to them, they'll probably account for parts of their work and their leaving as "lack of productivity" and "hiring the wrong people" already.

EDIT: From a company perspective - not judging either way.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by wlll on Friday April 30, 2021 @09:12PM (#27001864)
You're mis-construing the situation. The people are leaving because of the heavy handed and incredibly insensitive policy making, not because they spent all their time in committees and that's being taken away from them.

All the people that left that I knew were incredibly talented and productive people, they are going to be a nightmare to replace.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by splitstud on Saturday May 01, 2021 @12:13AM (#27003024)
And the people that were going to leave because they were being harassed by these talented people? How much would it have cost to replace them?
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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by wlll on Saturday May 01, 2021 @10:07AM (#27006446)
There's no indication that anything like that alternative would have happened.
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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by Sebb767 on Friday April 30, 2021 @09:38PM (#27002040)
I'm not judging the people that left - sorry if that was received wrongly. I'm trying to say that from the perspective of the company, they probably see this deal less bad than you do.
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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by wlll on Saturday May 01, 2021 @10:06AM (#27006431)
Knowing what I know about the people who have left (so far) they are very much going to miss the people who have left. I don't know all of them as I left 5 years ago, but the ones I do know are all incredibly competent at what they do, including the ehtire iOS team.
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