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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by bosie on Thursday February 09, 2023 @09:13AM (#34724139)
What have I missed?
Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by kasey_junk on Thursday February 09, 2023 @09:15AM (#34724156)
Zooms layoff note earlier this week referenced employees as “Zoomies”.
Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by JTbane on Thursday February 09, 2023 @10:21AM (#34725310)
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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by ayewo on Thursday February 09, 2023 @09:24AM (#34724314)
There was the recent use of "Dutonians" by Pager Duty's CEO https://www.pagerduty.com/blog/letter-to-employees/
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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by pjam on Thursday February 09, 2023 @09:25AM (#34724330)
Pretty sure your first paragraph was enough, don’t really see the point of bringing up a rape victim example.

I mean, “dutonians” from PagerDuty is enough to illustrate how ridiculous this whole thing is

Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by mc32 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @09:37AM (#34724526)
Thanks for the feedback. I’ve toned it down.

However I want companies to understand how terrible that malpractice is.

Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by throwboatyface on Thursday February 09, 2023 @09:27AM (#34724372)
That's beyond a crude example, that's just fucking gross. Maybe don't compare getting fired to being sexually assaulted?
Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by mc32 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @09:41AM (#34724605)
I’ve edited it. I wanted to illustrate the extreme disconnect between their comms and how it’s received by affected people.