Several former TripActions employees say ~100 staff members were fired en masse during a Zoom call, without being told the reason behind the meeting beforehand
Hundreds of tech employees are getting laid off amid the coronavirus outbreak — but now it's all happening over Zoom. Tweets: @edbott , @chrisparry , @pluginfud , @issielapowsky , @djadequate , @ahmed , @moorehn , @issielapowsky , and @caseynewton Tweets: Ed Bott / @edbott : Worst Zoom meeting ever. Jesus, what sort of CEO would think for even a second that this is OK? https://twitter.com/... @chrisparry : These fucking TripActions ghouls raised $700m in equity cash, and got $500m in loan financing last month, and then catapulted their staff at the first chance. https://twitter.com/... elmerFUDD / @pluginfud : Disgusting but on brand for our horrible late stage capitalist society https://twitter.com/... Issie Lapowsky / @issielapowsky : Oooof. “Workers surreally watched as everyone realized what was happening and began processing in their separate Zoom squares, some soundlessly crying.” https://twitter.com/... Russell Asplund / @djadequate : I've learned this the hard way. They want your loyalty, but you are less than nothing to the company you work for. https://twitter.com/... Ahmed Al Omran / @ahmed : Hundreds of tech employees are getting laid off amid the coronavirus outbreak — but now it's all happening over Zoom https://www.protocol.com/... Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn : You see so many tech and media employees wearing their company's merch proudly....remember that your institutional loyalty will never be returned in kind. (Every experienced journo figures this out) https://www.protocol.com/... Issie Lapowsky / @issielapowsky : “Many joined the call happily smiling, expecting another team meeting or bonding activity amid the new work from home culture. Instead, according to people on the call, their boss [...] announced that everyone on the call was being laid off.” https://www.protocol.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : We've finally found a worse use of Zoom than sharing porn https://twitter.com/... Expand More For Next Unexpand More For Next
These fucking TripActions ghouls raised $700m in equity cash, and got $500m in loan financing last month, and then catapulted their staff at the first chance. https://twitter.com/...
Oooof. “Workers surreally watched as everyone realized what was happening and began processing in their separate Zoom squares, some soundlessly crying.” https://twitter.com/...
You see so many tech and media employees wearing their company's merch proudly....remember that your institutional loyalty will never be returned in kind. (Every experienced journo figures this out) https://www.protocol.com/...
“Many joined the call happily smiling, expecting another team meeting or bonding activity amid the new work from home culture. Instead, according to people on the call, their boss [...] announced that everyone on the call was being laid off.” https://www.protocol.com/...
.@ZeusLiving, which provides furnished homes for business travelers, also slashed its staff by a reported 30%. And short-term rental provider @Sonder has laid off or furloughed more than 400 people, or more than one-third of its staff. https://news.crunchbase.com/ ...
Layoffs in the age of coronavirus: held entirely on Zoom “People were crying and people were panicking,” said one TripActions employee who was abruptly let go on the videoconference. “It was like 100 different videos of just chaos.” https://www.protocol.com/...