> Canning people when you do well is just a way to milk the cow that others raised for you.
I don't think people should reasonably expect to be employed if a company doesn't need them for its future plans.
> Plus it shows a blatant lack of imagination and foresight.
It seems to me Block has tried a whole bunch of different things. Imagination isn't their problem. I'm not deeply familiar with their business, but my hunch is that it's more that they're giving up on some of their pie in the sky ideas and consolidating on what's working.
acjohnson55|2 days ago
It's this part:
> Canning people when you do well is just a way to milk the cow that others raised for you.
I don't think people should reasonably expect to be employed if a company doesn't need them for its future plans.
> Plus it shows a blatant lack of imagination and foresight.
It seems to me Block has tried a whole bunch of different things. Imagination isn't their problem. I'm not deeply familiar with their business, but my hunch is that it's more that they're giving up on some of their pie in the sky ideas and consolidating on what's working.