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this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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Most people I see (in various forums) focus on the sexism part of this. It's bad, but I think it's worth highlighting the way Madison says they misled her and started controlling her digital side gigs outside of LTT, and just how bad working there was. Here are a few of the things she mentioned, but I recommend reading the full thread:
I honestly think the only way Linus can redeem himself at this point (for me personally), is if he made the company into some sort of multi-stakeholder worker cooperative where the workers have an actual chunk of democratic say over the direction of the company. This is how it's done across Europe already via works councils, e.g. in Norway 33% of the board (leadership) is represented by workers, while in other European countries it goes all the way up to 50%. It's been made very clear that the current leadership are incompetent and need to actually listen to their workers.
I was thinking the same to be honest, but didn't know how to phrase it without coming off in an unusual way.
The top down crunch-grindset is going to burn out the staff, and they've stated themselves that they're not happy with the quality of their work as things are.
I agree with the diversification of ownership, it's too large now for one couple to own outright and be in the best interest as an organisation.