Translation: "We are SO sorry that we got caught and that you feel this way about us. Let's see if we can react to this situation fast enough before everyone will start replacing us with alternatives that at least have a better reputation." ... yeah, give me a break!
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I think thats fair. All of us who have written and deployed software know that a change in the onboarding/new users rate like this would be a punch in the face that would knock any SW team on its ass. And it would take anyone a few days to get back up.
The important part is the leaderships reaction to the situation. Compare to something like Boeing. Zoom acknowledges facts, takes responsibilty and starts fixing things. Boeings reaction to its product killing hundreds of people was “Lol user error. RTFM”. That is (apparently) what acceptable leadership can look like..
Any sw product has issues. The question is what the company does about it
Absolutely not. They have LIED about end-to-end encryption knowing very well that their product did not support that. That is premeditation, not making a mistake.
Also their atroicious history regarding their privacy practices makes me think that they are now reacting in this way only because they got caught, not due to a genuine desire to be better.
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hc91 commented on Bird lays off hundreds via Zoom call twitter.com/mjnblack/stat... · Posted by u/benatkin
Wow this is bad at a totally different level - it is a new league og messed up.
These companies - and more importantly the human garbage at the upper / top level of management of these companies - need to be remembered and when the global situation will return to normal they will need to be given the treatment that they deserve.
BEING FIRED VIA A PRE-RECORDED MERSSAGE DURING THE WORST GLOBAL CRISIS SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR! - talk about being kicked when you are down, huh?
> As someone who has social anxiety and depression I don't think I can be honest with a lot of these questions.
You’re not supposed to be honest. No one expects you to be honest. Everyone knows everyone knows it’s a game. It’s like the algorithm and data structure interview; it shows preparation and intelligence to be able to answer the questions well, whether your answers are based on a real event or pure fiction. If you can pretend to be a fantastic hire with lots of preparation there’s a reasonable chance you can actually show decent judgment if hired.
Totally agree! You should be clinically insane to give honest answers to those questions.
Did anyone expect anything else from this garbage fire of a company?
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> Would you please fix this?
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