I’m not sure about anyone who was hired before WFH, but generally, a substantial change to job duties or location is considered constructive dismissal. ie, it’s legally the same as being fired without cause. That might be eligible for severance and definitely for unemployment.
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muse@kbin.social 2 years ago
That's a weird way of saying "grindr found a way to lay off half its staff without having to pay severance"
CoderKat@lemm.ee 2 years ago
cooper@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
For most roles, severance is not a guarantee and only given as part of layoffs because companies that don’t are crucified.
I.e. getting fired/quitting will not trigger some severance clause for nearly all employees.
Cheers@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
This really needs to be some level of labor issue. If an office decided to move across the country and you didn’t move with it, would that be you quitting? You applied for the job that was on your side of the country, not the one across the country. To me, the employer’s terms changed, which means they need to handle the difference.
anon232@lemm.ee 2 years ago
This should honestly be the top comment, most companies appear to be using RTO as a means of doing mass layoffs without the negative PR hit.
krayj@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Exactly right - this is a thinly veiled excuse for a planned large scale workforce reduction sidestepping some of the normal repercussions.
What I find most interesting here is that WFH is essentially a benefit (a big one) at this point, and they just eliminated a huge benefit. That usually has the effect of causing some of your greatest talent to walk - and leaving behind those people who either don’t care about the benefit (there may be some, but I think this number is small) or don’t immediately have the hireability to resign and go for greener pastures.
The tradeoff for grindr is that it’ll make them temporarily look better on paper, but the loss of talent will probably hurt them in the long run. If there’s one thing that seems to be true of modern capitalism, it’s that companies are more than willing to fuck their futures over some perceived short term gains.
Grindr isn’t the only company doing this. I’ll be interested to see how this works out for all the employers using this same tactic.
_number8_@lemmy.world 2 years ago
how did we get to the point where a gay hookup app is doing evil corporate schemes and attrition
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I’ll give you a hint, the first three letters of the answer are MBA.
Pseu@kbin.social 2 years ago
Because once the firm is big enough where the decision-maker doesn't personally know the people they're laying off, it almost immediately turns into this. The severance pay and unemployment of 80 software developers is millions of dollars, enough for even people who are normal and nice to the people they know to look the other way and say it was for the good of the company.
Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 2 years ago
How did we get to a point where people online claim a company is evil?
_number8_@lemmy.world 2 years ago
RTO itself isn’t negative PR?
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Depends on your audience. Potential employees will hate RTO and fear bad financial news, customers likely won’t care about either, shareholders don’t really care about RTO but will jump ship with bad financial news
Dashi@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Less negative than ‘Grindr lays off half its staff due to economic troubles’
xantoxis@lemmy.one 2 years ago
Strange that they think this isn’t a negative PR hit, then.