Robinhood lays off 23% of staff

Re:Robinhood lays off 23% of staff by papito on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @08:09AM (#32330621)

Seems like a culture problem and not a talent problem. Us developing world folks do not easily say "no" because we grew up in a top-down, authority-driven place.

Americans are pretty uppity when it comes to taking orders if you compare to others.

There is also a difference in interviewing. Only in America do you have to proactively market and sell yourself. Most other cultures are more timid and humble.

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Re:Robinhood lays off 23% of staff by Foobar8568 on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @11:25AM (#32333010)

It's not about the yes or no culture difference, it's just the lack of autonomy to solve a known problem, root cause analysis, debugging skills, proposing a solution, empathy towards customers etc.

And don't get me started with the caste system making a bunch of clueless people arrogant to no end.

I spend these days 4h+ a day in calls to explain basic stuffs and basically debug a multi-awards SaaS application as nobody has a clue in that company.

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