Re:Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size...
by paulhebert on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @06:15PM
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What a sad way to think about other people
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Re:Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size...
by claytonjy on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @06:39PM
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It is, but it’s the only way for a company to succeed and scale over time. A pet approach works well in the early days, but you can’t become a VC-backed success without drastically reducing bus factors throughout the company.
That could be an incentive to keep companies small, but high-scale companies do have unique benefits to society.
Re:Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size...
by paulhebert on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @08:03PM
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Employees are people. Not cattle or pets. It doesn't mean you don't ever fire or lay people off. But you treat them as humans.
Re:Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size...
by Arainach on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @08:10PM
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> It is, but it’s the only way for a company to succeed and scale over time
This is absolutely not true. It never has been at any point in history. Not even CEOs would claim such a thing until the 1980s, and they were wrong then as now.
Even today, Costco and other businesses are thriving.
Stop drinking the Koolaid.
Re:Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size...
by harimau777 on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @09:27PM
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Sounds like we need to prevent companies from scaling or being too successful.