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Restructuring Announcement

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261 points markx2 | 4 comments | 02 Apr 25 18:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.931s | source
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gregoryl ◴[02 Apr 25 22:01 UTC] No.43562178[source]▶
Huh.

>> There are no layoffs plans at Automattic, in fact we're hiring fairly aggressively and have done a number of acquisitions since this whole thing started, and have several more in the pipeline.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1hxnh73/automatt...

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pityJuke ◴[02 Apr 25 23:06 UTC] No.43562817[source]▶
How infuriating for anyone recently hired caught in this trap.

It seems to me the obvious, from both a business & human perspective, is to stop hiring at first signs of trouble, before layoffs. To do so otherwise is cruel.

I doubt Matt had zero idea about this possibility two months ago.

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paradox460 ◴[02 Apr 25 23:46 UTC] No.43563150[source]▶
This will continue until there are actual consequences for those responsible.

I'm of the mindset that any time a company does layoffs, they should start from the top And work down.

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alvah ◴[03 Apr 25 00:37 UTC] No.43563451[source]▶
>I'm of the mindset that any time a company does layoffs, they should start from the top And work down.

Oh, to be young and idealistic again! So in your world, the people running the business should fire themselves first?

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1. copypasterepeat ◴[03 Apr 25 13:41 UTC] No.43569476[source]▶
An honest question: why is this being downvoted? I thought that downvoting is meant to be used when someone is trolling or bringing the level of discussion down, not when you simply disagree with someone's point. I mean sure, it's stated a bit sarcastically, but my gosh if we're going to downvote every sarcastic comment, that would include a good portion of HN comments.
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2. alvah ◴[03 Apr 25 14:38 UTC] No.43570363[source]▶
I probably failed to account for the differing backgrounds of HN commenters & the resulting overly-literal interpretation of sarcasm, to be fair to the downvoters. Of course the owners & managers should take responsibility for poor corporate performance.
3. itishappy ◴[03 Apr 25 18:34 UTC] No.43573609[source]▶
My read is that the parent is immature and needs to be reminded that "starting at the top" means the people in charge. What does it add to the discussion?
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