I can’t give more approval for this woman, she handled everything so well.
The backstory is that Cloudflare overhired and wanted to reduce headcount, rightsize, whatever terrible HR wording you choose. Instead of admitting that this was a layoff, which would grant her things like severance and unemployment - they tried to tell her that her performance was lacking.
And for most of us (myself included) we would angrily accept it and trash the company online. Not her, she goes directly against them. It of course doesn’t go anywhere because HR is a bunch of robots with no emotions that just parrot what papa company tells them to, but she still says what all of us wish we did.
(Warning, if you’ve ever been laid off this is a bit enraging and can bring up some feelings)
I might see that point of view if they didn’t act like they drank the Kool aid.
In any case there is plenty of moral work. Mine is.
Agreed lol. People are backing down and here, and don’t. YOU are responsible for being a moral person, you aren’t off the hook just because “my boss told me to!”. I’ve worked in an industry where my boss wanted me to cut safety corners and falsify data. I never did. I knew the repercussions that could happen.
I don’t work for renting companies because of this reason! I’ve thought about applying, I have the experience and skills. But I know how they operate. I lived in a building where every good landlord I had as a renter was fired by the property owners for trying to operate efficiently and legally. One woman even knew it was coming, and helped everyone get lawyers for the illegal stuff the property owners were doing.
Louder for those lying to themselves. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING A MORAL PERSON. You don’t get to back out just because your boss told you to do something.
Military contractors pay more because they have problems finding people willing to work for them. Imagine a better world where everyone decided under orders wasn’t an excuse. Cops would report bad cops, juries would never convict on drug or prostitute charges, the militaries of the world would be reduced to crafting swords, medical and student loan debt system would collapse.
Obedience to authority, best book I have ever read in my life. A shrink analysis the tendency of humans to be awfult.o each other as long as an authority figure says it is required.