My friend just got laid off along with 400 other employees by dialing into a pre-recorded Zoom message. Her manager never even called to say goodbye. The virus may be out of your control, but how humanely you handle it is not.
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@BirdRide. WITH A PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE. Fuming.

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Replying to @mjnblack
1/5 Layoffs are never easy or comfortable to do and COVID-19 has impacted the way they are done in at least the near term. Bird had to make the difficult decision to eliminate 30% of its staff.
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eliminate your CEO and other top-level executives. If their mismanagement caused you to grow outside of a safety net fund they don't deserve to lead.
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A pandemic that forced people to stay at home for months and decimate birds revenue is...the CEO’s fault? Is it a waiters fault for not having a 2nd stream of income after he’s laid off?
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Replying to @theSamParr @crossbowflex and
No dick head, the decision to "eliminate" 400 freaking employees en masse via freaking zoom is the fault of top level executives. Seriously just dedicate a day or two to call each employee up personally - they dedicated way more time and deserve that at least.
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Replying to @Jessssuhh @crossbowflex and
400 calls @ 20 min each would take someone 4 weeks to make if they did only that 40 hours a week. You think if a company is hurting so bad that they do a lay-offs that that’s fair and good use of time to the other 70% vs doing it fast?This is war time. No time for that nonsense.
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Replying to @theSamParr @Jessssuhh and
There’s plenty of time for “that nonsense” when the alternative is destroying all of the good will your company has built with consumers. Bird is in a competitive space. Consumers have, and will seek, alternatives simply because they don’t like you.
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I bet you 99% of their customers have no idea about their layoffs.
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