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975 points namukang | 12 comments | 11 Apr 25 20:19 UTC | HN request time: 2.064s | source | bottom
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snvzz ◴[11 Apr 25 20:36 UTC] No.43658245[source]▶
That's just how it is for a lay off, in megacorp and elsewhere.

Not sure how this is HN-worthy.

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1. sangeeth96 ◴[11 Apr 25 21:39 UTC] No.43658914[source]▶
Adam was a very prominent Chrome DevRel and top voices of the web platform. I personally owe to his content (blog, snippets, podcast, talks, youtube, social media etc.) to stay up-to-date on things.

It’s a bit of a shock to me that he of all people is getting laid off and that too in such an ugly way.

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2. ycombinatrix ◴[12 Apr 25 02:44 UTC] No.43660877[source]▶
What was specifically ugly about it? It seems ugly like any other layoff except maybe he liked his job more than most.
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3. physicsguy ◴[12 Apr 25 05:30 UTC] No.43661602[source]▶
DevRel is unfortunately something that’s going the way of the dodo though now that interest rates are up. A position that doesn’t directly contribute to the bottom line of a company, so it’s easy to justify getting rid of.
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4. fragmede ◴[12 Apr 25 06:19 UTC] No.43661835[source]▶
the obligations listed on the page that he got rug pulled off of seem kinda ugly to me.
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5. snvzz ◴[12 Apr 25 10:50 UTC] No.43663264{3}[source]▶
Ugly, but not uncommon.

A company will often try and avoid letting a candidate know that they are being considered for firing, or that the decision has already been made, until the trigger is pulled.

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6. grandempire ◴[14 Apr 25 04:57 UTC] No.43678184[source]▶
> blog, snippets, podcast, talks, youtube, social media etc.

In ZIRP every cent is positive ROI

(Not intended to be a comment about OPs individual performance or skill)

7. decimalenough ◴[14 Apr 25 06:00 UTC] No.43678469{4}[source]▶
That's normal. What's uniquely ugly/American is conveying those firing decisions by locking the fired employees out of their email at 6 PM on Friday. In most countries this is illegal.
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8. switch007 ◴[14 Apr 25 07:23 UTC] No.43678884[source]▶
And Chrome has an insanely dominant position now. Devs need Chrome, not the other way around
9. phtrivier ◴[14 Apr 25 07:42 UTC] No.43678986{5}[source]▶
I suppose organizing departure in an adult manner (Offer some time to finish task, pass on knowledge, etc... AND let the people leave earlier if they prefer - you know, the whole "think about the team" thing) would also violate someone's meritocratic free speech ?
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10. roman_soldier ◴[14 Apr 25 18:02 UTC] No.43684268{3}[source]▶
Replace/Cancel the talk he had scheduled or forgo the $500k+ in savings and keep him. Not a hard decision.
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11. fragmede ◴[15 Apr 25 12:16 UTC] No.43691643{4}[source]▶
Is it? $500k is a lot of money to you or me, but I'm not Google and don't make $3000/second, or about $500k in 30 minutes.
12. fragmede ◴[15 Apr 25 12:18 UTC] No.43691658{6}[source]▶
Do you really need to make it a freedom of speech issue? can't it be recognized as a human as a pile of shit to rug pull someone like that and not let them at least cancel their own talk?