Changes at LJ HQ

[news]

As has been reported, we had staff cuts at LiveJournal Inc. this week. Early media reports seriously exaggerated the impact of the decision on the continued existence of LiveJournal as a company and misrepresented the scope of the staff cuts. The cuts were part of a restructuring that shifted global design and product development to the LiveJournal

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[free_the_gnomez]

lol

СЛУШАЙ ЗЕМФИРУ СУКА

[ex_ex_real_]

[driftingfocus]

second

[wizzo]

har har har

[lady_borg]

little mermais sisters woo!

[thevelvetsun]

Huh.

Edit: It's worrying that the employees were terminated without warning or severance. The fact that LJ would treat their valued employees so poorly does not bode well for how they will treat their customers in the future.

I'm not saying LJ is going to shut down or anything, but we may see them get rid of Basic accounts without warning or raise Paid Account prices substantially without warning, or other negative changes. And there would obviously be no communication or input from users.

What else is new.

[roses_rejoice]

Actually it's not at all surprising when software developers are let go with no warning or severance. I have known a number of people who worked in software or web design including one at LJ some years ago and it seems like this sort of thing is fairly common. Add to that the overall crappy global economy and the number of people I know from all fields who got pink-slipped just before or just after Christmas and it's even more normal.

[thevelvetsun]

I realize it's not all that rare, but it's still kinda crappy, imo :(

[falnfenix]

well, such is the way of things in Right to Work states.

[malaria]

♥

[chaophomet]

[mr_liam_to_you]

This made me lol and I don't really know why.

[moonbelle]

THAT WAS ONE CREEPY MOTHERFUDGER! @_@'

[ron_newman]

Finally! Sure took a long time to post this....

But why were employees terminated so suddenly without any severance?

[readysteadystop]

Because that's generally what happens in the tech industry?

[readysteadystop]

Funny, because I have several friends who have been laid off from their tech industry jobs... also sometimes during major economic downturns... and they've rarely gotten severance packages. It's a privilege and convenience to receive one, not a right or something to be expected.