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Grindr loses nearly half its staff to strict return-to-work rule (www.latimes.com)

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Grindr has lost about 45% of its staff as it enforces a strict return-to-office policy that was introduced after a majority of employees announced a plan to unionize.

About 80 of the 178 employees at the LGBTQ+ dating app company resigned after the company in August mandated that workers return to work in person two days a week at assigned “hub” offices or be fired, the Communications Workers of America said in a statement Wednesday.

love seeing companies going full mask off now

not even trying to sell the 'collaborative environment' bile, it's purely punitive

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[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 31 points 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 24 points 2 years ago

I'll give you a hint, the first three letters of the answer are MBA.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

My Butt Aches?

[-] Pseu@kbin.social 15 points 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.

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