he/him 
Running a company is very hard and all I can say is that I'm trying my best and have always treated people fairly, which is not the same as being nice.
-
As much as I might appreciate the values people instill in their companies, I just never allow myself to believe they will adhere to them at the cost of the institution itself. I think that doing so is foolish in the world we live in and *especially* in this country.
Root of the problem is that npm have just treated their employees incredibly poorly. I don't think it's super relevant to the outrage on the first point, but the fact they instilled and made empathy such a large part of their brand makes it worse.
-
-
@sebmck assuming they were having existential financial problems, what should they have done instead? -
I’m not arguing against firing people, I don’t have the context. But how they were fired was bad.
- 2 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
Is your argument, that we should have never trusted npm to have those values in the first place? I think there was reasonable to trust them.
-
I think the people do have those values, and that has probably not changed, but that institutions are designed to make people function to the benefit of the institution regardless of the individual. That's essentially their purpose, especially under capitalism.
- 4 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
I think the "root" of the problem is that we have poor labor laws, poor equity agreements, declining union power, and too little opportunity to build technology without venture investment which requires a "go big or go home" approach to running companies.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.