Google’s CEO faces employee questions about layoffs — “Why has there been such an extraordinary effort to limit the internal visibility of layoffs announcements?”::During a recent TGIF all-hands meeting, Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed what sources describe as a growing morale crisis inside the company.

  • @[email protected]
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    6611 months ago

    That’s not how relations between employers and employees work.

    It’s like saying you don’t need a democracy if the king cares enough about his subjects.

    It might work for a time, but the power balance is such that you can’t rely on the goodwill of leaders alone.

    • @linearchaos
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      -3311 months ago

      Believe it or not, there are jobs out there that do work that way. It’s generally not in public corporations.

      That’s why I also said failing that we do need unions.

      • @LeroyJenkins
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        2411 months ago

        he’s not saying there aren’t any companies that do right to their employees at this current moment. he’s saying if left unchecked, it leaves room for somebody to come in and make it bad for everyone. that being said, we’ve already failed. we need union.

        • @linearchaos
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          -1411 months ago

          So is that significantly different for me saying it would be nice if we could do that but that feeling we need unions?

          • Blooper
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            1611 months ago

            It’s different because you seem to be saying “workers should be able to be incredibly vulnerable to the whims of employers because employers should be good people”. The other guy’s response to that is “why would we ever assume employers are going to be good to their employees absent any mechanism to enforce said good behavior?”

            • @linearchaos
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              -711 months ago

              I didn’t say that at all.

              • @LeroyJenkins
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                111 months ago

                you didn’t say that but that’s what you meant

                • @linearchaos
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                  -411 months ago

                  Typical troll. actually kind of a poor excuse for a troll.