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1. danjac (danjac@masto.ai)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2023 12:33:31 UTC danjac

   in reply to

   • Dare Obasanjo

   @carnage4life so if a manager screws up a product launch he just needs to fire a few underlings. Got it.

   And wait what is Block? Another Dorsey startup? That man has the attention span of a hummingbird on speed.

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2023 12:33:31 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

     in reply to

     • Killick
     • Dare Obasanjo

     en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block,_I… is from 2009 already, originally named Square. They went 3D in 2001. 😃

     Traditional payment processing, blockchain ... and Tidal! 🤷

     @danjac @carnage4life @killick

   • Dare Obasanjo (carnage4life@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2023 12:33:32 UTC Dare Obasanjo

     Jack Dorsey announced that Block is getting rid of performance improvement plans (PIPs) and instead managers will be expected to evaluate employees after product launches or other big events “whether to part ways immediately (instead of letting things linger).”

     This is about making it easier to fire people as the company has promised to layoff 1,000 out if its current 13,000 employees.

     Morale will be terrible as the layoffs will now be a slow and random seeming drip.

     https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/jack-dorsey-block-layoff-easier-18509249.php