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Roblox tells employees they have to come to office three days a week or take severance package (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Roblox tells employees they have to come to office three days a week or take severance package::Roblox CEO David Baszucki told remote employees that they'll have to start coming to the office Tuesdays through Thursdays.

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[–] FraidyBear@lemmy.world 160 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Take the severance package. If they are offering a severance package then they are already planning a layoff and are just taking volunteers first. Trust me, this is exactly what happened in tech this year. Take the package or face layoffs / gatting managed out.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Going to hammer hard on this too! Happened to me a few years ago.

This is definitely the goal. And those "loyal" who stay have a dice roll chance to get laid off with nothing later down the line.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Could be. But it’s also a wise choice even if they have no layoffs planned.

Let’s say they don’t offer voluntary severance. It’s just RTO or quit. Lots of people will grudgingly RTO while they look for a new job. That makes their time of departure unpredictable and it means they’ll be disgruntled as long as they’re still around. Why not just rip off the band aid, invite these people to leave immediately, and help them do so? You can move on from that.

And maybe by shedding these people, they can actually avoid a layoff.

Paid severance is a tip-off that a layoff may come, but RTO is also a big fucking deal and I could see it possibly having a paid severance component even with no layoffs in sight. Possibly, mind you.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the benefit of VR over IR? I'd have thought the terms would be better with IR, plus you get to be paid a salary for longer

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It depends on the package they are offering.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't you just take the severance package when you get laid off?

[–] SeriousBug@infosec.pub 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Severence pay is not mandatory everywhere. So you might get nothing if you are laid off.

[–] EnglishMobster@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

California it is. WARN act.