AnonGitLabEmpl

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GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values(about.gitlab.com)
703 points by AnonGitLabEmpl 4mo ago|683 comments
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 4mo ago
Oh and it won't be done until June 1st, so the employees can have some anxiety until then. As a treat.
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
I see a theme here...... :)
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
I didn't realize that. How sketchy and frustrating.
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
Why be responsible for your own actions when you can have everyone else be responsible for you?
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
That's fair. You definitely are NOT part of the problem at all and I should have been more clear and separated the two frustrations. I apologize for letting my emotions mislead and lumping you in as part of the problem.
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
They aren't telling us anything because of "privacy" concerns. Here is what the official response from Sid was: "There was an article published in The Register today regarding the recent departures of female leaders from
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
Yeah pretty much. If you don't agree with the exec team, or otherwise to improve the situation you'll get the axe.
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
Yeah, this sounds about right. We're discussing it a lot internally and it doesn't look like much will happen. They are working to discredit the register, saying it is inaccurate. Although they won't explain what exactly is i
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Gitlab seems to have a real problem keeping women on staff or in management(theregister.co.uk)
36 points by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago|29 comments
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Top Gitlab Lawyer Fired as Company Moves Towards IPO(news.bloomberglaw.com)
7 points by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago|0 comments
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
It used to be welcomed for anyone in the company to discuss these things. That is still in our values that anyone and anything can be questioned that can be seen here: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#anyo
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
You're totally correct. It is such a hard decision tbh and one I often think about, especially after the past few weeks. Would losing my job for trying to do the right thing be worth it? Could I even make it happen? Are there other Git
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
Honestly, I so very much appreciate you saying this. We have so little recourse to discuss these things. I've talked to everyone I feel safe talking to internally at this point and it seems the execs are just running wild. Clearly they
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
Absolutely. I think this is one of the strongest things keeping people here. The golden handcuffs. Everything sucks, but our situation is unique. Many positions have lots of personal freedom such as flexible working hours. You can work from
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
I've considered this as well. They can't fire you but they'll find a way. See what happened to some of the Kickstarter people for example.
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
We have to manually skip posts by random people.
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
Nah, we did decide to not hire them. The issue blew up before we merged the change. As far as I can tell we are going to continue with the policy.
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
Can confirm, transparency is rapidly degrading internally too.
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by AnonGitLabEmpl 7y ago
I've thought about this a lot. We could, but we are all literally terrified for our jobs and of retaliation.