Mystech

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[–] Mystech@lemmy.world 49 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yet another thinly veiled stealth lay-off by a technology company. Amazon’s cloud boss Matt "The Prat" Garman will indeed see some departures, as intended and desired. However, that first wave will be of their most talented, who feel confident they will land on their feet elsewhere, leaving those that simply cannot leave (yet) or those that will cozily under perform. When Amazon applies the inevitable followup reductions (subjectively based on their internal review process) to remove the latter, and the former buckle under the load or also leave, Amazon will be left with lower-middle talent at best.

The more I see of business "strategy" among this layer of "leadership", the more I'm convinced it is just a game of Jenga with talent, resources, infrastructure, security, quality, etc; pulling out as many pieces as possible in the drive for short term/sighted gains until a company collapses under its own dysfunctional "efficiency" and "success".

[–] Mystech@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Remove the word "luxury" from marketing material, and cut the price in half. The world needs more electric Model Ts, not environmental-esque virtue signalling for a minority of drivers.

[–] Mystech@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Court "ordered" end to a strike generally means that any contractual, union or legal protections workers have are forfeited if the strike continues (i.e. folks can be fired, benefits lost, even sued in some cases). This is not uncommon in regimes where the judicial system has been compromised (USA, Israel, etc). That being said... be a real shame if productivity of non-striking workers were to mysteriously plummet to effectively non-existent levels. ;-)

[–] Mystech@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Not without buying a lot of folks RVs, at least. #SCROTUS

[–] Mystech@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago

She obviously didn't realize that a Las Vegas 6, is a prison 9.

[–] Mystech@lemmy.world 61 points 10 months ago

"American Automakers Refuse to Participate in Race to Make Accessible, Fuel-Efficient Vehicles"

Fixed that title for you, Verge.

[–] Mystech@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

From a group of people that thinks transparency is having a set list of prices for their rulings.

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

If they left for that reason, they weren't visiting you, they were visiting your internet connection. :-(

[–] Mystech@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Mystech@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Rad City support could not or would not explain how my battery might have stopped working, but would only say it was "not covered by warranty". They could also not explain what sort of causes of battery failure were covered by their warranty. It was pretty clear they just didn't want to cover the expense of honoring their warranty (the battery is probably one of the single most expensive parts on their bikes).

[–] Mystech@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Almost got scammed by Rad Bikes this way. Battery mysteriously failed 10 months into their 1 year warranty. Rad Bikes accused me of sabotaging the battery and refused to honor their warranty, but "generously" offered me free shipping on a $300+ replacement battery. Turns out the off-the-rack fuse they use blew; identical down to the manufacturer to the ones used in cars. Replacement fuse was <20 cents and fixed the problem instantly.

[–] Mystech@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Uh-oh, looks like someone is going to have to buy Clarence Thomas another RV to get out of this one!

 

Is there anything like /r/listentothis on lemmy.world or elsewhere in the federated lemmy-verse? I need to be exposed to music that I'd normally not find otherwise. :-)

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