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red_dawn t1_j8evjxd wrote
Reply to comment by pyrophire in Twilio to lay off about 1,500 employees, or 17% of its workforce by ChocolateTsar
Yep. Many times I saw a ‘Throw bodies at the problem’ band-aid instead of a proper ‘Let’s figure out why this problem is happening and come to a solution’ resolution with deficiencies.
Supports survey metrics tanked due to poor training and documentation or just flat out lazy teammates? Let’s put more bodies on the front line to offset it.
Did that fix it? No. You have more bad surveys because you now have MORE poorly trained people.
Tech debt/bug riddled code? Let’s throw more people at it. Surely more cooks in the kitchen will solve it. Not reviewing the problem and identifying where fixes need to be made.
Customers aren’t buying our software? More salespeople. Nothing to do with throwing everything and the kitchen sink into the initial package or their account teams now blowing them off since they got their commission. Now clients use 10% of the things you sold them and have no need for the other products…but your looking for the next thing to have them cut a check for?
It may be different at other companies but that’s what I saw at the one I was at before moving on.
red_dawn t1_j52lyqo wrote
Reply to comment by johnsmithbonds8 in TIL being sleep deprived can cause sexual arousal in mammals. by johnsmithbonds8
I mean, that comment is like a Neanderthal logically breaking down an equation. So you may have created scientific progress for them. So I guess win/win.
red_dawn t1_j9l78oz wrote
Reply to comment by BearyGoosey in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920
“I mean, if you knew anything about my father, none of this comes as a surprise. It’s almost expected - so it is what it is. Anyway, here’s my brother-son.”