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Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after app update debacle (www.reuters.com)
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[-] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

The company said it would cost between $20 million and $30 million to fix these issues and decided to cut about 6% of its staff.

...... Right...

[-] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

Ah yes let's fire the people that can fix the problem

[-] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And give the CEO $1.9 mil in severance on his way out for fucking everything up.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/sonos-ceo-behind-disastrous-app-exits-with-1-9-million-severance/

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

If the contract says that's, that's what he's owed, otherwise they should fire him for a good cause and risk going to court

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"Step down" or "asked to leave"?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The Chief Product Officer has left the company too

this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2025
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