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Re:Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff by juujian on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:23AM (#34532796)
I think you should get your sarcasm detector checked. He was referring to the recent surge of empty CEO statements built around the "full responsibility" cliche.
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Re:Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff by andsoitis on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:26AM (#34532826)
Sure, but when you look at the history of comments around this theme (CEO, layoffs), it seems pretty clear that people want a CEO to take responsibility in some other way that laying off staff.
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Re:Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff by brazzledazzle on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:29AM (#34532886)
I can't speak for everyone else but a lot of what I've seen is mockery of a meaningless statement that would have been better left unsaid.
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Re:Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff by andsoitis on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:45AM (#34533151)
Perhaps, but scanning the conversation thread here again, I see most people wanting to punish the CEO for steering the ship for a new reality in a way that includes layoffs.
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