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>"So I sat down with Laura and explained the situation—and said that in light of her spectacular service, we would give her a spectacular severance package."

A whole lot about that article and this quote in particular smells like BS to me. Self serving patronising crap

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The other thing that bothered me is that they took an individual who was hard working and loyal and just tossed her. Where is the offering to train her to what their needs have become? It sounded like that she did a great job of getting them where they are now, but yet they seem not to be concerned about that. Where is NetFlix investment towards the individual?

[Granted I realize that NetFlix doesn't exactly standout on that.. its just that they can easily transform a willing individual rather than just decide "nope we'd rather have someone else."]

Why would anyone stay if they knew this happened?

Nowhere they talk about learning new skills or getting better at your job like if people could not change, they'd stay the same forever. I really do not think it's the case, especially that Laura, for example, who's described as smart and hard-working. I'm pretty sure she'd have been able to adapt to the new skills required.

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