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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by digitaltrees on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:17PM (#27002312)
From the article: After months of fraught conversations, Fried and his co-founder, David Heinemeier Hansson moved to shut those conversations down.

If my team spent months debating these issues I would be concerned as well.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by MattRix on Saturday May 01, 2021 @12:45AM (#27003204)
You say that as if the team spent literally all their work time debating these issues during those months.
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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by digitaltrees on Saturday May 01, 2021 @01:12AM (#27003345)
It only takes a ten minute dysfunctional conversation to profoundly damage a team. If the debate became detrimental then a pause is warranted.
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