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by dangwhy 1189 days ago
> at least 20 people — more than one-third of Basecamp’s 57 employees — had announced their intention to accept buyouts from the company.

Thanks for subjecting me to this crap article ( Which i presume you didn't bother to read.).
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jameshart 1189 days ago
The article seems to provide evidence for the claim that a dispute within the company over the messaging from leadership led to 1/3 of the staff leaving. I provided it without comment.

Do you believe that a significant proportion of the staff did not quit? Do you have an alternative source that provides evidence for that version of events?

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dangwhy 1189 days ago
intention to leave = staff leaving ?

then scarlett johanssen is my wife because i intend to marry her.

> Do you have an alternative source that provides evidence for that version of events?

Yes because people go around documenting evidence for things did not happen.

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jameshart 1189 days ago
announced their intention to leave... to the company... in response to the company making an open offer to people of terms for them to leave.

That seems like a slightly different prior, in terms of our Bayesian assessment of the probability that those people remained employed at the company afterwards, than your hypothetical engagement to Ms Johannsen.

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dangwhy 1189 days ago
> to the company

Where did you get this though?

> had announced their intention to accept buyouts from the company.

Is it just people clicking 'yes' reaction to internal slack message ? This didn't sound like they were making any commitment ' to the company' .

Also do you have any comment about the title of the article that you linked. Does that seem honest to you?

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madeofpalk 1189 days ago
So strange to white-knight a company and attempt to deny something that happened pretty publicly...

> As a result of the recent changes at Basecamp, today is my last day at the company. I joined over 15 years ago as a junior programmer and I’ve been involved with nearly every product launch there since 2006.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210430155528/https://twitter.c...

https://web.archive.org/web/20210430140035/https://twitter.c...

https://twitter.com/zachwaugh/status/1388190748189802501

> I’m leaving my position at Basecamp, where I’ve worked for 4 years, due to the recent changes and new policies.

https://twitter.com/lexicola/status/1388189598367559688

https://twitter.com/dylanginsburg/status/1388199059983413257

https://twitter.com/jonasdowney/status/1388205182916440070

> Given the recent changes at Basecamp, I’ve decided to leave my job as Head of Design.

https://twitter.com/mackesque/status/1388206605506842627

https://twitter.com/kaspth/status/1380616358266871810

https://twitter.com/wcmoline/status/1388208323908968449

> I have left Basecamp due to the recent changes & policies.

https://twitter.com/conormuirhead/status/1388207801646780416

https://twitter.com/Rahsfan/status/1388209146487623681

https://twitter.com/AdamStddrd/status/1388223100823642112

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dangwhy 1189 days ago
> So strange to white-knight a company and attempt to deny something that happened pretty publicly...

it was just skepticism from seeing these sorts of claims over the years. Half of hollywood would be in canada if people really followed up on those. At some point it became acceptable to make these sort of claims with no intention of following up.

I guess quitting your job in the hottest tech market of all time is a little different than moving to a different country.

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madeofpalk 1189 days ago
> Last week was terrible. We started with policy changes that felt simple, reasonable, and principled, and it blew things up internally in ways we never anticipated. David and I completely own the consequences, and we're sorry. We have a lot to learn and reflect on, and we will. The new policies stand, but we have some refining and clarifying to do.

https://world.hey.com/jason/an-update-303f2f99

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