Technology

"this is a company for adults" says the CEO of a company who slaps "Glyph" lights on knockoff iPhones and calls it innovative. I hate when I see Carl Pei's smug face pop up every few months. Hey Carl - put a fucking charger in the box. OnePlus is thriving without you.

This is called a silent layoff

uhhhh...

anyone else totally misinterpret the lede to mean "there's no reason to go to work at an office" lol?

Except for manager-level peeps who crave the power and control that comes from dictating how people live their lives under them

I have a hypothesis that anyone who is required to be on site without having to do a hands-on thing (e.g. physical maintenance or repair) is actually a garden hermit, that is, hired to perform as an extra for the pleasure of viewing upper management.

I also have a hypothesis that a lot of company budget and material goes towards handling and pacifying upper management (e.g. the way a binky pacifies an infant) since they are accustomed to being coddled and not accustomed to actually managing.

To be fair, I've only been able to observe the relationships between clerical class and management class in a handful of companies, including a small one-store CD-Rom reseller and Bechtel Corporation circa 1990, but my observations have been consistent between them.

The grown ups comment makes the CEO sound like a condescending prick. Yeah I’d be looking for another job after that.

Remind me to check in 6 months, we'll see headlines that "Nothing's" valuation is going to be doing honours to its name

Look, I can do everything that I do at work from home, except prevent my boss from realizing that some Indian could do my job from his home at a tenth of the price!

If they are a company for grown ups why is he acting all controlling like an insecure little child instead of trusting in his employees like a brave adult?