[bink]

Is this GitHub acting independently or is it Microsoft informing them that they needed to lose 10% but they could do it on their own time frame?

[Bilal_io]

The fact they're closing all offices and switching to fully-remote suggests it was Github's decision. Microsoft doesn't seem pro WFH

[dafelst]

A bunch of my former co-workers at MSFT are working from home 100% of the time. Maybe it is a per organization thing.

[olivermuty]

Satya proudly announced WFH as a thing you could do around mid pandemic, then it was bastardized as it went down the orgs.

Some are 100% wfh, vast majority is some arbitrary %.

[Izikiel43]

Can confirm it heavily depends on org.

In my case, I only go to office 1 day a week (to talk to people irl), and in my team only very few people go everyday, everyone else hovers between 20% to 100% wfh.

[napsec]

Looking at the CEO's statement it seems the final layoffs aren't even finalized yet.

> Unfortunately, this will include changes that will result in a reduction of GitHub’s workforce by up to 10% through the end of FY23. A number of Hubbers will receive notifications today, others will follow as we are re-aligning the business through the end of FY23.

[40acres]

This is the exact same message Microsoft CEO said in his message. So yes MSFT is directing these layoffs.

[stefan_]

Wonder what teenagers these days think of when you call someone a "hubber"

[MikeTheGreat]

Urban Dictionary has a pile of different definitions, many of which are quite unique. [1] I'm curious if you're thinking of a particular one?

[1] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hubbers