You’re probably right that the internal culture is bad at Reddit right now, especially since they recently did some layoffs. I also agree that most of the employees are not at fault, though at least one person in their PR department is behaving badly. I don’t think Huffman has a strong enough personality to be doing this with absolutely no support from employees (or at least, from board members), but it would only take a few.
Possibly I have been reading different threads than you, though, since I have definitely seen (and made) some broad criticisms of the company, and criticisms that could be interpreted as applying to all employees, even though they might not have been meant that way. (I certainly don’t mean to lump everyone at the company together). And in my experience, a lot of cases of hurt feelings online are accidental, because someone just doesn’t realize what they’re saying could be interpreted as a personal attack by the person who’s hurt. Sometimes the comment isn’t even particularly negative, it just hits a nerve. It’s hard to predict how anyone will feel about anything, which I personally think is one of the most fascinating parts of interacting with other people, though it also adds an element of risk.
But anyway, I suspect most Reddit employees are too busy to be on Lemmy right now, whatever their position in the company. And I certainly hope at least some take the opportunity presented by this drama to get out. Everyone deserves to have a better boss than Huffman.
You’re probably right that the internal culture is bad at Reddit right now, especially since they recently did some layoffs. I also agree that most of the employees are not at fault, though at least one person in their PR department is behaving badly. I don’t think Huffman has a strong enough personality to be doing this with absolutely no support from employees (or at least, from board members), but it would only take a few.
Possibly I have been reading different threads than you, though, since I have definitely seen (and made) some broad criticisms of the company, and criticisms that could be interpreted as applying to all employees, even though they might not have been meant that way. (I certainly don’t mean to lump everyone at the company together). And in my experience, a lot of cases of hurt feelings online are accidental, because someone just doesn’t realize what they’re saying could be interpreted as a personal attack by the person who’s hurt. Sometimes the comment isn’t even particularly negative, it just hits a nerve. It’s hard to predict how anyone will feel about anything, which I personally think is one of the most fascinating parts of interacting with other people, though it also adds an element of risk.
But anyway, I suspect most Reddit employees are too busy to be on Lemmy right now, whatever their position in the company. And I certainly hope at least some take the opportunity presented by this drama to get out. Everyone deserves to have a better boss than Huffman.
He famously idolises Elon Musk. I absolutely believe he’s the kind of arsehole who wouldn’t give two fucks what his employees are telling him.
This is much more likely.