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Enforced positivity policy at Humane (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago by jaschop@awful.systems to c/sneerclub@awful.systems
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Apparently a senior SW engineer got fired for questioning readiness of the product, dude must still be chuckling to himself.

Found the story here https://hachyderm.io/@wesley83/112572728237770554

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[-] dgerard@awful.systems 31 points 5 months ago

this is a reblog of the NYT story:

Many current and former employees said Mr. Chaudhri and Ms. Bongiorno preferred positivity over criticism, leading them to disregard warnings about the Ai Pin’s poor battery life and power consumption. A senior software engineer was dismissed after raising questions about the product, they said, while others left out of frustration.

https://archive.ph/HcItE

[-] maol@awful.systems 15 points 5 months ago

In January, Humane laid off about 10 employees. A month later, a senior software engineer was let go after she questioned whether the Ai Pin would be ready by April. In a company meeting after the dismissal, Mr. Chaudhri and Ms. Bongiorno said the employee had violated policy by talking negatively about Humane, two attendees said.

[-] JeffreyOrange@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Violated policy by talking negatively Hahahahaha Firing someone for that should 100% be illegal.

[-] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 17 points 5 months ago

There’s only one way in the US, where most employment is at-will, to have a contract that prevents getting fired for a completely boneheaded reason.

/me bursts into chorus of L’Internationale and is dragged to the gate by admins, off-key singing the entire track listing of Chumbawamba’s “English Rebel Songs 1381–1914” dopplering off into the distance as I go.

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