theljstaff ([info]theljstaff) wrote in [info]news,
2009-01-08 17:31:00

Changes at LJ HQ

As has been reported, we had staff cuts at LiveJournal Inc. this week. Early media reports seriously exaggerated the impact of the decision on the continued existence of LiveJournal as a company and misrepresented the scope of the staff cuts. The cuts were part of a restructuring that shifted global design and product development to the LiveJournal office in Moscow. Product decisions for the English-language site will still be made in the U.S., and LiveJournal Inc. remains headquartered in San Francisco. You can read more about the reasoning behind the restructuring here.

The restructuring is done with an eye to the future to ensure the long-term viability of LiveJournal as a business. As a team, we know that LJ has a great future as it prepares for its second decade. We recently invested a considerable amount on all-new server equipment and a facility in Montana to house it all as part of our commitment to the longevity of LJ. We will be around for years to come and we're committed to ensuring that your journals, friends pages, and communities will be, too.

As with any of these kinds of decisions, it's always hardest to lose valued team members. We're very sad to see our colleagues go and want to acknowledge all the hard work, dedication, and love they've given LiveJournal over the years. They will be missed. While they are no longer a part of LiveJournal Inc., they are still a part of the LJ community.

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January 9 2009, 01:55:33 UTC 3 years ago

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January 9 2009, 01:55:48 UTC 3 years ago

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January 9 2009, 01:56:07 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  January 9 2009, 01:58:17 UTC

Huh.

Edit: It's worrying that the employees were terminated without warning or severance. The fact that LJ would treat their valued employees so poorly does not bode well for how they will treat their customers in the future.

I'm not saying LJ is going to shut down or anything, but we may see them get rid of Basic accounts without warning or raise Paid Account prices substantially without warning, or other negative changes. And there would obviously be no communication or input from users.

What else is new.

[info]roses_rejoice

January 9 2009, 02:03:06 UTC 3 years ago

Actually it's not at all surprising when software developers are let go with no warning or severance. I have known a number of people who worked in software or web design including one at LJ some years ago and it seems like this sort of thing is fairly common. Add to that the overall crappy global economy and the number of people I know from all fields who got pink-slipped just before or just after Christmas and it's even more normal.

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January 9 2009, 01:56:28 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  January 9 2009, 01:59:28 UTC

Finally! Sure took a long time to post this....

But why were employees terminated so suddenly without any severance?

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Because that's generally what happens in the tech industry?

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January 9 2009, 01:56:43 UTC 3 years ago

I'm sure you're SOOOOO sad. Right.

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January 9 2009, 02:06:18 UTC 3 years ago

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[info]maryling

January 9 2009, 01:56:46 UTC 3 years ago

Early media reports seriously exaggerated the impact of the decision on the continued existence of LiveJournal as a company and misrepresented the scope of the staff cuts.

Easily avoided if you'd bothered to put out a release, oh maybe a little sooner than more than forty eight hours after those reports?

[info]thevelvetsun

January 9 2009, 01:59:40 UTC 3 years ago

LJ has always had a huge problem with communication, which seems counter-intuitive since their business is BASED on communication. Heh.

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January 9 2009, 01:56:54 UTC 3 years ago

hm.

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January 9 2009, 17:14:06 UTC 3 years ago

РОССИЯ ВПЕРЕД!!!!

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January 9 2009, 01:57:00 UTC 3 years ago

I predict that this post will not end well.

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January 9 2009, 02:07:45 UTC 3 years ago

this

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January 9 2009, 01:57:01 UTC 3 years ago

Then what's this I hear about no severance? I find my lack of faith... rather accurate.

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January 9 2009, 02:04:50 UTC 3 years ago

Um... exactly. No severance simply does NOT fly.

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[info]oshunanat

January 9 2009, 01:57:09 UTC 3 years ago

A response! Should have been sooner, but better than your normal response!

(And for the record, I understand staff cuts. They happen)

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January 9 2009, 18:45:44 UTC 3 years ago

Agreed.

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January 9 2009, 01:57:30 UTC 3 years ago

Hey, I disagree with what you said.

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January 9 2009, 02:06:03 UTC 3 years ago

screw you glass, don't tell me what to think of you. i can make my own decisions.

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January 9 2009, 01:57:49 UTC 3 years ago

inB4 cat macros

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January 9 2009, 05:25:34 UTC 3 years ago

Cat Macro responses to LJ News is SO last year.

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January 9 2009, 02:03:10 UTC 3 years ago

Sure they can. Look up what happened to Hellgate:London (and lifetime game subscriptions).

Lifetime doesn't mean YOUR lifetime (or mine) but the lifetime of the service. Now, prepaid subscribers could have a legitimate beef...but good luck collecting on a lawsuit with a company located in Russia if there's no United States assets, or if a company files bankruptcy, etc.

Shut downs happen. Now, I didn't expect the sky to fall in this instance for other reasons, but it's not at all impossible for services to simply shut down...and you're screwed.

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January 9 2009, 01:58:00 UTC 3 years ago

lol

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January 9 2009, 06:45:28 UTC 3 years ago

Your icon is awesome. ;)

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January 9 2009, 01:58:10 UTC 3 years ago

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January 9 2009, 01:58:36 UTC 3 years ago

I dearly hope things continue to work out okay for LJ. I'd cry my eyes out if it disappeared.

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January 9 2009, 02:09:36 UTC 3 years ago

Yeah, this.

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January 9 2009, 01:58:55 UTC 3 years ago

In before shitstorm

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January 9 2009, 02:02:27 UTC 3 years ago

You're way too late.

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January 9 2009, 01:58:59 UTC 3 years ago

alright.

[info]thatnickguy

January 9 2009, 01:58:59 UTC 3 years ago

*sips his vodka*

I, for one, welcome our new Russian overlords.

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January 9 2009, 01:59:51 UTC 3 years ago

Re: *sips his vodka*

DAMMIT you got in just before me :(

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[info]hakujinjoe

January 9 2009, 01:59:04 UTC 3 years ago

My guess is that the sudden rush for everyone to backup their LJs and the setting up of backup pages on other services prompted this. I like LJ a lot but as they say "the silence was deafening". Not a mention of anything while everyone panicked just kind of fueled the fire.

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January 9 2009, 02:01:09 UTC 3 years ago

And I bet last night's brief outage was the result of hundreds of LJ users all deciding at once to play with backup tools.

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[info]nothingmuch

January 9 2009, 01:59:13 UTC 3 years ago

first page?

[info]laigaiem

January 11 2009, 01:02:27 UTC 3 years ago

And after just four minutes! Though I suppose we were all waiting for this announcement, so there's that, too.

[info]ebolavirus

January 9 2009, 01:59:13 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  January 9 2009, 02:01:41 UTC

I wish users weren't so hard on you guys all the time. I'm glad you'll be sticking around for a good long while.

I believe in you, [info]theljstaff!

[info]llemaire

January 9 2009, 02:56:10 UTC 3 years ago

My thoughts exactly!

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[info]definatalie

January 9 2009, 01:59:28 UTC 3 years ago

I still welcome our Russian overlords.

[info]tiger_stripes

January 9 2009, 13:44:41 UTC 3 years ago

In Russia, LiveJournal writes about you.

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[info]rogueidealist

January 9 2009, 01:59:34 UTC 3 years ago

hope lj sticks around.I like it here.Yes it has it's flaws but what doesn't.Don't listen to the naysayers you guys have to do what you have to do.

[info]houseofasher

January 9 2009, 02:31:52 UTC 3 years ago

Ditto.

I totally agree.

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