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I can’t give more approval for this woman, she handled everything so well.

The backstory is that Cloudflare overhired and wanted to reduce headcount, rightsize, whatever terrible HR wording you choose. Instead of admitting that this was a layoff, which would grant her things like severance and unemployment - they tried to tell her that her performance was lacking.

And for most of us (myself included) we would angrily accept it and trash the company online. Not her, she goes directly against them. It of course doesn’t go anywhere because HR is a bunch of robots with no emotions that just parrot what papa company tells them to, but she still says what all of us wish we did.

(Warning, if you’ve ever been laid off this is a bit enraging and can bring up some feelings)

  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1612·
    10 months ago

    Somebody needs to tell Brittany Pietsch and her laid off coworkers about the WARN Act and its state counterparts:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_Adjustment_and_Retraining_Notification_Act_of_1988

    Just because Cloudflare really really needs for Brittany and her laid off coworkers to believe that it’s all individual firings based on performance and related measurements, in order to avoid the legally mandated costs of laying off a group of employees, that desire to avoid fair payment does not make this anything less than a layoff.

    While there are certainly exceptions to the WARN Act and similar laws, chances are excellent that if Ms. Pietsch and her coworkers take a look at it in light of their own specific experiences, they can come to a MUCH more equitable resolution than the shit on a plate with a side of material misrepresentation handed to them by the HR and legal reps at Cloudflare.

    EDITED TO ADD: Should she ever see this, I am in awe and nothing short of proud of how she handled this from beginning to end, and the balls it took to post this exposé to TikTok. Wishing her, and everyone taking an unfair corporate dicking, the very best.

    • chitak166@lemmy.world
      14·
      10 months ago

      Generally, the WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more employees, not counting those who have worked fewer than six months in the last twelve-month work period.

      She mentioned in the call that she started working in like August.

      • RealBot@lemmy.world
        17·
        10 months ago

        It specifies which employers are cover with the WARN act, not employees. It either covers whole company (all employees in company) or no one at company at all.

        • chitak166@lemmy.world
          6·
          10 months ago

          Ahh my mistake. I misread that as the employees who have not been there for that long would be exempt from this protection.

    • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      This is why severance gets offered. It’s a contract that you agree to and henceforth you can’t really fight. And employees would frankly rather take the pay than immediately lose income and then start investing time in a lawsuit against a much better resourced organization, which could take years and may not result in anything. Most companies know how to navigate the laws. Few ordinary people know how to sue over them and win.