ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoGrand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive is laying off 5% of its workforce and 'rationalizing its pipeline,' the latest skin-crawling corporate euphemism for people losing their jobswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down18
arrow-up1247arrow-down1external-linkGrand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive is laying off 5% of its workforce and 'rationalizing its pipeline,' the latest skin-crawling corporate euphemism for people losing their jobswww.pcgamer.comylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·7 months agoWhatever happened to “We’re firing people because we realised we can do the job with fewer workers so we want to save money”? At least then it’s honest.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·7 months agoHonest would be “We’re firing people to make our short term profits look better. That’s what my bonuses are based on, after all!”.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 months agoyou’ve never been even remotely close to the cult of management have you?
Whatever happened to “We’re firing people because we realised we can do the job with fewer workers so we want to save money”?
At least then it’s honest.
Honest would be “We’re firing people to make our short term profits look better. That’s what my bonuses are based on, after all!”.
you’ve never been even remotely close to the cult of management have you?