| I agree - I read the parent's comment before reading the letter, expecting to see some corporate babble. But, honestly, I didn't see that. Sure, there is euphemistic language, but the message is very clear: 1. 10% of the company is getting laid off. 2. The CEO was very explicit about how this process would unfold (e.g. stating what the email title would be), which is a lot better than most companies provide. We can always endlessly nitpick the language choices when a layoff happens, and I don't think I've ever seen a layoff announcement on HN, even ones I thought were extremely transparent and free from corporate-speak, that didn't get shit on by a sizable number of comments. Layoffs suck. There are really shitty ways to do them, and less shitty ways to do them, but there are no real great ways to do them. |