I get the concern. And I’ve been part of enough layoffs to know how much it sucks. But a company being held to its responsibility and a standard and held to the light like this to show it’s failings, would be an acceptable condition. That said though, I really don’t see anyone losing their jobs over this. This is a failing on the higher end of LMG, not the rank and file.
As much as this is Linus fault as the leaders, if LTT goes down for this. More than 100 of the employees will be out of job at the end of this.
Either way the outcome won’t be pretty for LTT staffs.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Linus is not the only one to blame. The people who work there could have done something to stop the unethical behavior or quit. But some of them stayed there for years and enabled Linus.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I see it as mostly them being sloppy and moving too fast to go through the proper checks and balances.
I’ve seen far too many companies go from “a couple of enthusiastic guys” to a large organization without taking the time and effort to put in place the structures and systems so everyone knows what they’re supposed to be doing, and as important, knows what other people are doing as it relates to their work.
And inevitably there comes a point where the organization is too big for that method to keep working, and the wheels fall off.
The only real difference I see here is that this time it’s happening in complete view of the public.
Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They were fine with Linus investing in companies and then reviewing their products or competing products and I don’t see that as a result of sloppiness. They haven’t even addressed it in their apology video.
Also moving too fast is not a valid excuse for misleading millions of people for years.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They’re not going anywhere. He’ll take a hit from it. Now that the heat is actually on and he can’t just say whatever he’ll apologize he’ll outline what they’re going to do to make it better and then it’ll all be back to where it was in another couple months, maybe with a little extra effort on the data.
Icaria@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Most of those staff are going to have no trouble finding new jobs. It’s a highly technical and specialised crew, many would already be in demand elsewhere, and a void left by LTT would be quickly filled by other groups producing similar content, who suddenly find themselves in need of more staff. Hell, a lot of former LTT staff would be gobbled up by LTT’s own sponsors.
This is a terrible argument whenever there’s any public controversies within the private sector. It’s not worth thinking about ‘the jobs’ because that’s not how the economy works. If there’s fire behind this smoke, and LTT did fold, those left long-term unemployed are probably fewer in number than those who are currently being exploited and mistreated. It’s almost always a zero-sum game.
stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 1 year ago
While I agree with everything you’ve said, it’s also fair to acknowledge that losing one’s job unexpectedly is a disruptive life change that not everyone is adequately prepared for financially or emotionally and we can empathize with them.
Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The mob is angry and you mentioned empathy.
People just aren’t ready to have empathy, yet.