The Boss Rebellion™

Google—Ghosting Engineers at Layoff Institutionalizes Transactional Employee-Employer Relationship


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Steve Pruneau and Asher Black consider how terminating people by cutting off their email is normalizing what employees do when they ghost interviewers during candidacy or quitting. The transactional nature of employment is more pronounced than ever. Possible opportunity in the #bossrebellion

Discussed:

  • Google normalizes transactional employment
  • Good and bad breakups
  • Hedge funds driving layoffs = more transactional
  • On scooping out more middle management
  • Values Based Leadership
  • Crying for the lost
  • Alienation of firms from social elements of life

RESEARCH LINKS

  • Google Engineer Layoffs https://www.businessinsider.com/google-engineer-laid-off-on-vacation-boss-sent-linkedin-message-2023-2
  • TCI Fund Management Limited letter to Google: "You didn't go deep enough" https://www.tcifund.com/files/corporateengageement/alphabet/20th%20January%202023.pdf

TALENT

  • Steve Pruneau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepruneau/
  • Asher Black https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherblack/
  • Management Consulting Firm: https://freeagentsource.com/

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