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Grindr’s Return-to-Office Ultimatum Has Gutted a Uniquely Queer Space in Tech (www.wired.com)
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Grindr’s Return-to-Office Ultimatum Has Gutted a Uniquely Queer Space in Tech::Two weeks after staff at queer dating app Grindr unionized, bosses ordered employees back to the office. Nearly half the app’s workers refused and have been laid off.

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[–] 63 points 2 years ago (3 children)

50% is a huge number. If the 50% represent some mid and higher up folks, it could really cripple a company. The worst thing they could do is give in. If the workers stand strong, no company is going to survive with half their staff getting laid off because of this.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My last company has about 45 employees. 5 of the highest skilled employees left after Covid and it absolutely knocked us on our ass.

    Make no mistake, even losing a few key people can end a company.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    If the 50% represent some mid and higher up folks, it could really cripple a company.

    I've yet to see a company that couldn't lose 50% or more of its mid-to-higher level management without serious consequence. Start with people who are somehow related to current or former company members, and it's a really great start.

    Now, a company losing more than 10% of its grunts who make the things the company sells, that'll kill it.

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