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Re:GitHub to layoff 10% and closing all offices by kqr on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:08PM (#34728422)
I agree. I went on parental leave a couple of months ago but had I not I would have started using something other than Teams with my colleagues with no regard to what the official platform is.

I don't get why upper management thinks they have anything to do with how I communicate with my colleagues. I can only assume they would want us to choose a platform that allows us to work effectively.

Re:GitHub to layoff 10% and closing all offices by extr on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:42PM (#34728970)
You don't understand why company management would have a say in how work gets done?
Re:GitHub to layoff 10% and closing all offices by blincoln on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:56PM (#34729212)
> I don't get why upper management thinks they have anything to do with how I communicate with my colleagues.

The organization has to pay for whatever commercial offerings their teams are using, and any non-commercial offerings are likely to either expose the organization's information or at least put it out of reach of controls like legal holds. Use of some free/trial services for business purposes might also introduce legal/contractual liability that the organization is responsible for.

Re:GitHub to layoff 10% and closing all offices by bogantech on Thursday February 09, 2023 @02:08PM (#34729453)
> I don't get why upper management thinks they have anything to do with how I communicate with my colleagues. I can only assume they would want us to choose a platform that allows us to work effectively.

Auditing and compliance.