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Re:Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff by halgir on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:46AM (#34533178)
The problem isn't that CEOs don't get punished. The problem is when they virtue signal with "I'm sowwy " and claim responsibility without accepting accountability.
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Re:Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff by aliqot on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:48AM (#34533208)
That's the defined procedure though, without that, you draw more attention. There is a clearly defined playbook at this point, and it WORKS, so why go making up your own words when they just wanna hear the song?
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Re:Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff by halgir on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:52AM (#34533275)
When the playbook has become a meme, I think there's a case to be made for updating it.
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Re:Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff by maerF0x0 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @11:48AM (#34534241)
Exactly. The expected results of the playbook used to be Compassion, feels.

Now its eyerolls, cynicism.

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