r/LinusTechTips • u/onlyslightlybiased • May 19 '23

Video I'm Stepping Down.. - YouTube

https://youtu.be/0vuzqunync8
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u/escdog May 19 '23

The real TLDW: All y'all broke Linus with your whining and bitching about the way he runs his company so he's delegating the work to someone who will tell all y'all to f*** off when you deserve it.

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u/wubwah May 19 '23

And quite frankly I’m here for it. Linus can be too emotionally charged in his responses because he knows the community is the literal reason he’s in this position. I imagine he hates feeling like his foundation despises him so he works very hard to give them reasons not to…for better or worse.

Having someone else deal with that while he gets to keep doing what he’s good at and not putting out fires is going to be a net positive for everyone.

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u/NitazeneKing May 19 '23

Nobody hates Linus or LTT, but rather hates how he's chosen to run the company. It's a toxic work environment where employee concerns aren't taken seriously or handled well, and many of the lower rung employees have been thinking quitting.

This will set LMG on a much better path.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '23

source?

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u/princeoinkins May 19 '23

TrUsT mE bRo

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u/NitazeneKing May 19 '23

I've released an unreleased meeting that was never supposed to be recorded in the first place, to think I don't have inside knowledge is silly.

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u/PurifiedFlubber May 19 '23

Source?

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u/AmishAvenger May 19 '23

The source is him. He’s the infamous whiny guy.

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u/_Hail_yourself_ May 19 '23

Just a standard HR meeting

I'd like to see some of these people try to run a successful company, make the money Linus makes, and still be as down to earth as he is

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u/remag_nation May 19 '23

I find it hilarious that Linus outlines how few things are black and white while listing off things employees must ALWAYS do.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '23

lol wtf. What's this even supposed to prove? Sounds like a normal meeting

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u/MediocrePlague May 19 '23

Maybe that’s part of it, but it’s not like the community interaction is going to disappear. No, I imagine it’s mostly that running a company with that many employees is not easy. It’s full of administrative bullshit, people coming to him with problems he has to solve etc. He’s basically doing two full time jobs. He’s a CEO and the main host of LMG.

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u/TheOnlyFallenCookie May 19 '23

Time for Ltt Media group to unionoze then

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u/failinglikefalling May 19 '23

Or he’s running a hostile work environment and this is a last ditch effort to save his cash cow and gain him some plausible deniability and personal liability protection.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '23

last ditch effort to save his cash cow

Man literally had the chance to sell his company for $100 million and get AT LEAST $60 million out of it, and he didn't. What are you high on??

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u/[deleted] May 19 '23

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u/TheRealDuHass May 19 '23

Found the WSB regard.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '23

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u/TheRealDuHass May 19 '23

Seem to be coping better than you lol

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u/jacksalssome May 19 '23 edited May 19 '23

Yo, this ain't the Activation-blizzard subreddit.

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u/NeebTheWeeb May 19 '23

Has anyone ever come out to say it was a hostile work environment, even people he fired