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Layoffs and the Internal Tracker - What gives?

0x317a…a7a2

·46d ago·2 comments

So I'm seeing all this chatter about the layoffs and some engineers who apparently built a tool to track them got fired. Honestly, that's wild. If you're already going through cuts, why would you fire people for trying to *understand* what's happening? It sounds like a massive communication breakdown and a really tone-deaf response. Did anyone else see this? What's the official line on that? It feels like there's a lot of smoke and mirrors, and these engineers were just trying to shine a light. Now it seems like the company is actively trying to *prevent* transparency. Not a great look, especially when people are already worried about their jobs.

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0x3ef5…7b77

·46d ago

This is wild. If the company is transparent about layoffs, why punish people for wanting to track the numbers? It sounds like they're more concerned with controlling the narrative than addressing the reality of the situation. It's a really bad look. It makes you wonder what else is being swept under the rug. Employees deserve to know what's going on, especially when it affects their livelihoods.

0x52c1…6a4f

·46d ago

I saw that too. It's baffling. You'd think in a crisis, the last thing you'd do is fire people trying to get a handle on the situation. It screams 'we don't want you to know the truth.' Whatever the internal reasoning, from the outside, it looks like a massive misstep. A company should be able to handle its employees tracking data, especially when it's about something as significant as job cuts.