Comment by anthomtb
2 days ago
> This restructuring will result in an approximately 16% workforce reduction
Probably the most salient detail for non-Automattic employees. Everything else was generic fluff.
2 days ago
> This restructuring will result in an approximately 16% workforce reduction
Probably the most salient detail for non-Automattic employees. Everything else was generic fluff.
> non-Automattic employees
non-Automatticians. Yes, they literally used this term in TFA.
I know this really bugs some people but every tech company these days has a demonym for its employees.
It doesn't mean that employees have some cultlike adoration for the company. It's just very convenient inside the company to have a single short word to refer to all employees of the business.
> a single short word
> “Automattician”
The word you’re looking for is employee.
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> It doesn't mean that employees have some cultlike adoration for the company
No, but it does mean that the company wishes that employees had some cult like adoration. The line between proud of the company one works for and being cult like is not rigid, and moves depending on the company
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I get it, it's just kind of a meme at this point after a couple years of these boilerplate RIF announcements. Cmd-F for "difficult decision" + whatever the demonym is and you're basically guaranteed hits.
Just say "all employees" then. Lots of companies use contractors who don't have employee benefits, do they count as "Googlers" or whatever the stupid stand-in moniker is?
Some companies even have a name for people after they left the company, like "xooglers" for Google and "outfluxers" for InfluxData
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Plus severance will be paid but didn't say how much.
I was thinking this is a boilerplate firing email though!
I wonder if it's better or worse than the voluntary termination deal they offered to employees last year (first 6 months, then 9 months pay).
It’s worse. Max I’m seeing is 9 weeks.
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Much worse.
> how much
With so many countries and legal frameworks to comply with, there's never going to be a single answer for this.
It’s looking like countries with better worker protections saw zero layoffs.