Seems like the RTO was rushed and mishandled for some reason. I can only guess they wanted to punish the unionizers or just do a major layoff without calling it a layoff.
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It's amazing how many of these big companies are suddenly coordinated on this return-to-office push. Do they all get together at their bunker/mansions in New Zealand to discuss these evil plans?
Probably Davos. But seriously, all those billionaires follow the same social calendar, and that includes stuff like Davos, the Monaco GP, Warren Buffett's party, etc, and I'm sure they all do get together to talk about stuff like that. The billionaires have class solidarity. Remember that time it came out the biggest 3 software firms had an agreement not to poach talent from each other, keeping wages artificially low?
Remember that time it came out the biggest 3 software firms had an agreement not to poach talent from each other, keeping wages artificially low?
Look at the line HR ALWAYS uses in salary negotiations. "We pay market rates"
The market rates never go up above market, because that would disrupt the same low wages they currently pay. Unless your role is indispensible in bringing in business (connections to other people who control market share or otherwise generate sales) your wage will consistently drop. The high earners are all commission and perfomance based.
"Worker" professionals like IT, mid-low tier HR, Finance, etc all get paid the same year after year at rates that rise way lower than inflation. It's common to see highly compensated individuals who make the same 1 million dollar salary year after year but their bonuses are a percentage of performance which is way above and beyond that base salary.
Bonus %s are always bigger the higher you go up in an org based on performance too, even for middle management. Why would that be? 10% of 100k is only 10k, but 50% of 500k is 250k. Screwed both ways per usual.
I mean, Andy Jassy did say a few weeks back that this is the stuff that CEO's have discussed together. It's a fucking stupid statement for a CEO of a huge company to make, because it points towards obvious collusion, but we are where we are.
Class solidarity is a big thing for the bourgeoisie, unfortunately it is nonexistent for the proletariat.
They're certainly colluding to screw workers and consumers as much as possible. It benefits them to work together against the working class.
I read this as grindr loses 50% of its engineering staff because of dumb management decisions. Honestly the RTO was probably just a cop out to their dwindling user base.
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.
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.
5 of the highest skilled employees left after Covid and it absolutely knocked us on our ass.
The Dead Sea Effect eats again.
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.
It's an excuse to union bust.
It seems like the playbook for any company that wants to downsize now is to mandate RTO. That way, they can justify firing people with cause.
In the past, they had to move their operations to Bumfuck, Nowhere and request that employees move, so that those who don't move can be fired easily. RTO mandates are a godsend for such companies now. Cause to fire without cost!
Ever since we found out that Grindr has been tracking their users' locations at all times and then selling that data to private companies, Grindr has been dead to me.
People literally die from these directives
The science is definitely pointing to people getting sick and possibly having life long consequences. But has anyone died from post vaccination RTO?
I mean, probably someone. But people die on their commute, and that’s never been a topic of contention. So like, more than that.
I've found that grindr is trying to be more like tinder and less like the hookup app that it once was. Personally, I've been using Sniffies for hookups...haven't touched grindr in like 2 years 💅🏻
Constructive dismissal
Grindr is a powertool right?
Right?
I think it's an app for ordering powertools. I heard you can just swipe right and you can have a powerful drill delivered to where you need it.
https://youtu.be/nsOfcqsMSlE?feature=shared
So funny fry is a treasure
Fascinating! This is after Grindr's push to try to make them sound more like a networking app. A bunch of ads masquerading as journalism over the past few weeks.
Grindr might not survive in a few years.
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