Enforced positivity policy at Humane (arstechnica.com)
from jaschop@awful.systems to sneerclub@awful.systems on 07 Jun 2024 08:01
https://awful.systems/post/1660393

Apparently a senior SW engineer got fired for questioning readiness of the product, dude must still be chuckling to himself.

Found the story here hachyderm.io/@wesley83/112572728237770554

#sneerclub

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dgerard@awful.systems on 07 Jun 2024 08:12 next collapse

this is a reblog of the NYT story:

Many current and former employees said Mr. Chaudhri and Ms. Bongiorno preferred positivity over criticism, leading them to disregard warnings about the Ai Pin’s poor battery life and power consumption. A senior software engineer was dismissed after raising questions about the product, they said, while others left out of frustration.

archive.ph/HcItE

maol@awful.systems on 07 Jun 2024 14:25 collapse

In January, Humane laid off about 10 employees. A month later, a senior software engineer was let go after she questioned whether the Ai Pin would be ready by April. In a company meeting after the dismissal, Mr. Chaudhri and Ms. Bongiorno said the employee had violated policy by talking negatively about Humane, two attendees said.

JeffreyOrange@lemmy.world on 07 Jun 2024 14:57 collapse

Violated policy by talking negatively Hahahahaha Firing someone for that should 100% be illegal.

gnomicutterance@awful.systems on 07 Jun 2024 16:38 collapse

There’s only one way in the US, where most employment is at-will, to have a contract that prevents getting fired for a completely boneheaded reason.

/me bursts into chorus of L’Internationale and is dragged to the gate by admins, off-key singing the entire track listing of Chumbawamba’s “English Rebel Songs 1381–1914” dopplering off into the distance as I go.

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