New Changeset newsletter is out:

https://buttondown.email/Changeset/archive/2024-02-retaining-contributors-extending-trust-care-tips/

Guides on #opensource project management, caregiving and persuasion, arguing responsibly, and asking more effective questions. And: celebrating Beautiful Soup's 20th anniversary.

#Python #maintainership #FLOSS #burnout #sustainability #management

Retaining contributors, extending trust, & more maintainer tips

Guides on open source project management, caregiving and persuasion, arguing responsibly, and asking more effective questions. And: celebrating Beautiful Soup's 20th anniversary.

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“#Layoffs are definitely a confession of poor #management," Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Business School, told me. His reasoning: Research shows that generally, layoffs don't improve a company's fortunes. Quite the opposite: They don't reliably raise a company's profits or stock price, but they do reliably reduce remaining employees' morale, commitment, productivity, and trust.

https://www.magzter.com/stories/Business/Fortune-US/Are-Layoffs-a-Confession-of-Bad-Management

Are Layoffs a Confession of Bad Management?

Tech CEOs who are blaming their layoffs on the staffing up they did during the boom years of the pandemic should ask themselves some tough questions.

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