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orphereus 5 hours ago

If I were an employee that got laid off with this email, I'd be really angry and sad.

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sokoloff 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Is there a different layoff email that would leave you satisfied and happy?

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orphereus 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I suppose not getting a layoff email and instead getting it delivered face to face would be more human, but that's American capitalism for you in all its glory

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archagon 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"As the CEO responsible for the asinine decisions that got us here, I am stepping down immediately, without severance."

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missedthecue 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I feel like this would just select for business leaders that take zero risk.

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archagon 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I don’t think I’ve heard of a single tech CEO resigning for massively fucking up. They only “take responsibility” to the extent of saying those magic words.

	▲	missedthecue 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Well there's the several billion of severance expense. I mean do we want to hang someone every time there are layoffs?