Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job cuts

Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by bradleybuda on Monday October 31, 2022 @03:19PM (#33411256)

> although none of them are strapped for cash

Does this mean that they have or deserve different rights under contract law than others do? What if their counterparty is even less "strapped for cash"?

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by prepend on Monday October 31, 2022 @05:53PM (#33413814)

It’s not an excuse to treat people poorly, but I certainly have less empathy for someone who has $5M in vested stock who gets fired vs someone who makes $15/hour and lives paycheck to paycheck.

Both are injustices. The former isn’t much of a risk to life. The latter could literally result in life or death situations.

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by themitigating on Monday October 31, 2022 @06:38PM (#33414315)

Selective empathy is on the path to becoming a sociopath

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by prepend on Monday October 31, 2022 @08:36PM (#33415419)

Relative empathy is part of being a regular human being.

If someone has 10 lollipops and loses 1, that’s not “selective empathy” to feel differently than about someone else who has 1 lollipop and loses everything.

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by themitigating on Monday October 31, 2022 @08:45PM (#33415509)

One job one person, the rest is all assumptions. How much they made, their stock options, financial situation. Maybe they are paying for their nephews cancer treatment or something.

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