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·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Netflix employee here, there are no "mass layoffs" that I'm aware of (would also have WARN act require issue of notice >75 employees). We have involuntary attrition when people do not meet "the keepers test" in performance/impact and are exited from the company with severance. This is a regular part of the business and explicitly called out in the company's culture memo (see the top of the HN comments). Perhaps, the friend of a friend falls within this category, or just hearsay.
weej
·4 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
> This dramatically limits the levers that can be pulled.

I don't disagree, but this feels like slapping a bandaid on a bullet wound. It's unclear to me how this will fundamentally make improvements at the source of the problem vs. temporary forgiveness.

What do you think it would take to gain some majority alignment to actually move the needle effectively?
weej
·4 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
>> "we are forced to own nothing and be happy. Bitcoin, Blockchain and crypto solves this."

Serious question, what/where does this apply to? I get NFTs for digital authenticity, but PKI solves this too. How does one "own nothing without blockchain" when we have property deeds, automobile titles, jewelry and fine art certificates of authenticity all without blockchain? Your comment comes off as a solution looking for a problem.
weej
·4 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Fair point. Out of sight out of mind and reduces ability for advancement up the corporate ladder. It plays a role in office politics and positioning for better or worse in organizational structures and accolades.
weej
·4 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Laszlo Bock was recently interviewed on this topic via Fortune (article below), and I tend to agree with him. It will be a slow roll over time for most companies returning to work (see Apple taking harder stance) with some exceptions on hybrid model 3-2 at work vs. remote.

  > Bock says that after three to five years of flexible work models and hybrid plans, the normal in-office schedule will prevail at Google—and beyond. He predicts this transition will happen over the next few years, telling Bloomberg it’s the “boil the frog method.”
https://fortune.com/2022/04/04/former-google-hr-chief-laszlo...
weej
·4 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
My time at Dell immediately brought this to mind. No coffee offered other than overpriced you had to purchase from the cafeteria. I brought in my own espresso and coffee maker, and got chastised by facilities as a fire hazard. We weren't even allowed to put in the tiny kitchenette, which was a sink with plastic utensils in a couple of drawers. Ridiculous.
weej
·5 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
>> saw it coming a mile away

You're telling me. (not so humble brag) I developed a software solution and 3 patents granted over 10 years ago to stop these kind of shenanigans. Ahead of our time.

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