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haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 2 years ago

Grindr Loses Almost Half Its Staff on 2-Day RTO Requirement

www.bloomberg.com

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Grindr Loses Almost Half Its Staff on 2-Day RTO Requirement

www.bloomberg.com

haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 2 years ago
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Grindr Inc. has lost about 45% of its staff as it enforces a strict return-to-office policy that was introduced after a majority of employees announced a plan to unionize.

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

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  • dill@lemmy.one
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    Lmfao, surely they saw this coming. Any one have a way around the pay wall?

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      May even be intentional. That’s a nice way to fire half your staff without actually firing anyone.

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        It’s a nice way to fire the the most competent half.

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          Also likely their most expensive half. If the app is mostly feature-complete and in maintenance mode, they may believe the juniors can handle it. Whether they actually can or not is TBD.

      • DietBajaBlast@lemmy.world
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        Yes, 100% intentional. Musk has done this a couple times

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      This is literally the point. “Entitled tech workers childishly resign over requests to return to office” is a much, much better headline then “Grindr lays off half its staff”.

      They’re doing it on purpose. It’s no longer about some old school mentality of "butts in seats " and micromanaging…these companies have realized this is a way to massively cut costs without the hit in stock price/public opinion.

      We need to stop falling for this “they are so old fashioned lol” narrative, because they’re all more than happy to let you believe that.

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      https://archive.ph/2023.09.07-182327/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-07/grindr-loses-nearly-half-its-staff-to-strict-return-to-office-rule

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        Thank you!

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    these places are telling on themselves making it a ‘requirement’. obviously it’s shittier in every way, if it was somehow exciting and fun and collaborative it would be a welcome announcement.

    we need better WFH laws, this could literally revolutionize society and it’s being rolled back because some rich dickheads starting gambling on office buildings

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      It’s more complicated I’m some places. I believe there are places where it’s not just a fear of depreciated building value. There are literally contracts in violation because they require a certain amount of occupancy.

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        Oh no! Anyway….

      • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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        Yes, that’s people who bet on buildings and lost.

        It’s called investing. Every investment carries with it the risk of loss. Some more than others.

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        Oooh, business idea !

        Occupancy as a service !!!

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          US schools have been doing that for many years. Their funding is dependent on warm body count.

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        Oh well, they can rot, too.

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    Grindr at half mast.

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    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

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