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labrador ◴[] No.45067314[source]
> my old internal posts... got me reported to HR by the manager of the XROS effort for supposedly making his team members feel bad

That jives with my sense that META is a mediocre company

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gmueckl ◴[] No.45069531[source]
It matters who you communicate concerns to. Something as fundamental as "I think that your team shouldn't even exist" should go to the team leads and their managers exclusively at first. Writing that to the entire affected team is counterproductive in any organization because it unnecessarily raises anxiety and reduces team productivity and focus. Comments like this from influential people can have big mental and physical health impacts on people.
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1. sesm ◴[] No.45069971[source]
This entire situation looks very suspicious. Was Carmack even responsible for triaging research projects and allocating resources for them? If yes, then he should have fought that battle earlier. If no, then the best he could do is to refuse to use that OS in projects he controls.
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2. cma ◴[] No.45070022[source]
It should be fine to give your opinion on efforts.
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3. sbarre ◴[] No.45070678[source]
Yeah it sounds to me here like the urge to reach for HR had less to do with Carmack and more to do with the overall culture at Meta.
4. gmueckl ◴[] No.45070783[source]
Carmack had no direct say over research AFAIK.
5. monkeyelite ◴[] No.45072324[source]
That’s not how big companies work.