it's a bit of a red flag when 160 employees see something as trivial as a trademark dispute to take the opportunity to go away with a severance package

You're were hired for a backend team. They started learning React as you joined.

Ye that is when you strike. Build a guillotine if necessary. The fuck.

Imagine if you had to abandon your social life some years ago for the job and the only people you talk to on a daily basis are your coworkers on Slack.

Thanks for the reminder that my life is garbage, I guess. Unless you count the pleasantries I exchange with the person who makes my coffee in the morning?

I'm not employed by automattic, but this thread still cut deep with similar work culture.

The encouragement of a situation where you disconnect with those outside, the sleep deprivation, the drip of hints that you're not meeting the standard, the trust in the great leader.

It also sounds corporate, yes.

11-month trial period

Jesus, fuck

Great And Wise Senior Founder Leader Father McManperson mullenweg is goin' real hard

at this point starting to feel like there's a need for leaderboard of companies eating themselves

Does mastodon limit post length? Is that a per- instance thing?