Re:Ask HN: I was hired and unhired in 2 weeks, for no reason
by eropple on Friday August 08, 2014 @12:16PM
(#8153546)
> But hiring and firing is a purely business decision. ... Its a job at the end of the day and he was let go.
I have a serious beef with this mode of thinking. Nothing that you do to another human being is a "purely business decision." And from a practical perspective it's better, in the long run, for you too to be remembered as having owned your mistakes and done right by the people you wronged.
Of course, there is the line of thinking that, hey, this guy won't ever help me later, so I can screw him and skate. And that is entirely too common in startupland. But that speaks to the poor humanity of its thinker more than anything else.
Re:Ask HN: I was hired and unhired in 2 weeks, for no reason
by zem on Friday August 08, 2014 @02:05PM
(#8154210)
agreed, "just business" is a horrible cop out, and it's sad that so many people buy into it even when they are on the getting screwed end of the equation.
I have a serious beef with this mode of thinking. Nothing that you do to another human being is a "purely business decision." And from a practical perspective it's better, in the long run, for you too to be remembered as having owned your mistakes and done right by the people you wronged.
Of course, there is the line of thinking that, hey, this guy won't ever help me later, so I can screw him and skate. And that is entirely too common in startupland. But that speaks to the poor humanity of its thinker more than anything else.