Enforced positivity policy at Humane
Enforced positivity policy at Humane
Questioning the design and dev progress was apparently "against company policy."
Apparently a senior SW engineer got fired for questioning readiness of the product, dude must still be chuckling to himself.
Found the story here https://hachyderm.io/@wesley83/112572728237770554
this is a reblog of the NYT story:
Many current and former employees said Mr. Chaudhri and Ms. Bongiorno preferred positivity over criticism, leading them to disregard warnings about the Ai Pin’s poor battery life and power consumption. A senior software engineer was dismissed after raising questions about the product, they said, while others left out of frustration.
In January, Humane laid off about 10 employees. A month later, a senior software engineer was let go after she questioned whether the Ai Pin would be ready by April. In a company meeting after the dismissal, Mr. Chaudhri and Ms. Bongiorno said the employee had violated policy by talking negatively about Humane, two attendees said.