I did reputation scrubs for recovering alcoholics who couldn't get jobs because of pre-rehab pictures and social media posts. I was a volunteer. I still think I did the right thing.
Do you really believe anyone has the time to weigh individual performance when told to lay off 10,000 employees? I've been on both sides of layoffs. I've seen functions, groups, orgs, and offices eliminated. Individual low performers are either managed out or fired with cause.
She lived near me. Now I regret never knocking on her door. This tenderly brutal remembrance reminds me that "obituary" comes from Latin "obiit", which means "s/he went away". Goodbye, Nikkie, we could have been frenemies.
I interviewed at ring before they were absorbed by Amazon. The hiring manager tried to close the deal with an inspiring story about using ring cameras to scare "gang bangers" who got too close to his girlfriend. I walked out. I'm white, but I remember Emmett Till.