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Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic

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199 points orangeteacups | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gwbas1c ◴[17 Oct 24 21:05 UTC] No.41873779[source]▶
I don't know about anyone else in this thread, but if I was offered a 9 months severance, I'd have to really, really LOVE my job to not take it.

More likely than not I'd find a job before 9 months.

I'd probably make screenshots and videos of the offer and me resigning just to make sure I get my $$.

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jacques_chester ◴[17 Oct 24 21:22 UTC] No.41873946[source]▶
9 months sounds like plenty, but don't be hasty.

I've been unemployed for almost a year. I would not take a buyout in this engineering market. It is brutal.

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1. gwbas1c ◴[18 Oct 24 04:33 UTC] No.41876362[source]▶
So have I, and I would still be very tempted to take the 9 months severance.

Don't fool around with tyrants:

With something like this going down, I'd wonder if my employer will even be around in 9 months. I'd also worry that my employer could "go for broke" and just close its doors on me, leaving me with nothing.

So, yeah, I'd have to really love my job to stay.