Hacker News with Generative AI: Resignation

Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of killing column (nbcnews.com)
Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned Monday after accusing the paper's CEO and publisher of killing her column criticizing owner Jeff Bezos' latest editorial edict.

Journalism, Media, Washington Post, Resignation, Leadership

293 points by ceejayoz 22 days ago | 83 comments

DOGE staffers quit, citing Musk (nytimes.com)
A group of 21 civil servants with technology expertise resigned on Tuesday rather than help implement an array of changes to the federal government being pushed by the billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency.

Government, Elon Musk, Technology, Resignation

14 points by ipython 34 days ago | 5 comments

DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public services (text.npr.org)
A group of 21 civil servants whose team was folded into Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency resigned on Tuesday, writing in a joint letter posted publicly that they refuse to use their skills to put Americans' data at risk and "dismantle critical public services."

Government, Public Services, Data Privacy, Resignation, Elon Musk

23 points by greenburger 35 days ago | 13 comments

Musk's DOGE team hit by resignation of 21 technology staffers (cbc.ca)
More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to "dismantle critical public services."

Elon Musk, Government, Technology, Resignation, Public Services

20 points by throw0101d 35 days ago | 2 comments

Borrowing from a tactic at X, Elon Musk says government workers must (nytimes.com)
Elon Musk deepened the confusion and alarm of workers across the federal government Saturday by ordering them to summarize their accomplishments for the week, warning that a failure to do so would be taken as a resignation.

Elon Musk, Government, Federal Employees, Work, Resignation

14 points by jpster 37 days ago | 6 comments

List accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers (bbc.com)
US government workers received an email on Saturday afternoon asking them to list their accomplishments from the past week or resign - the latest development in the Trump administration's efforts to scale back the federal workforce.

US Government, Politics, Trump Administration, Resignation, Employment

7 points by zfg 38 days ago | 2 comments

Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation (twitter.com)

Employment, Social Media, Resignation

75 points by jarsin 38 days ago | 79 comments

USDS Engineering Director Resigns: 'This Is Not the Mission I Came to Serve' (wired.com)
The director of data science and engineering for the United States Digital Service—which Elon Musk rebranded as the US DOGE Service—has resigned from her position.

Resignation, Elon Musk, Data Science

10 points by jay_kyburz 41 days ago | 7 comments

Evolution journal (Elsevier) editors resign en masse (arstechnica.com)
Over the holiday weekend, all but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier's Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) resigned "with heartfelt sadness and great regret," according to Retraction Watch, which helpfully provided an online PDF of the editors' full statement.

Science, Publishing, Ethics, Resignation

7 points by pythonic_hell 90 days ago | 1 comments

Evolution journal editors resign en masse to protest Elsevier changes (retractionwatch.com)
All but one member of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution (JHE), an Elsevier title, have resigned, saying the “sustained actions of Elsevier are fundamentally incompatible with the ethos of the journal and preclude maintaining the quality and integrity fundamental to JHE’s success.”

Science, Academic Publishing, Ethics, Resignation, Elsevier

17 points by bookofjoe 95 days ago | 2 comments

From 'Great Resignation' to 'Great Detachment': How U.S. job market has slowed (nbcnews.com)
For many workers, the euphoria of “the Great Resignation” — a period following Covid-19 reopenings that brought a massive reshuffling of jobs and substantial wage gains — has given way to a new, far more uncertain environment.

Labor Market, Economy, COVID-19, Resignation, Employment

44 points by makerdiety 114 days ago | 14 comments

Apple's Chief People Officer Carol Surface Resigns (storyboard18.com)
Carol Surface, who led Apple as chief people officer, has departed from the company after 20 months of tenure.

Apple, Business, Human Resources, Leadership, Resignation

5 points by walterbell 126 days ago | 3 comments

Why I have resigned from the Royal Society (blogspot.com)
The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton.

Science, Royal Society, Resignation

138 points by viburnum 128 days ago | 112 comments

Japanese workers turn to resignation agencies (metropolisjapan.com)
A new survey from Mynavi Corp. shows a significant rise in resignation agencies across Japan that help people quit their jobs. But why?

Japan, Employment, Resignation, Labor Market, Human Resources

170 points by billybuckwheat 135 days ago | 142 comments

OpenAI's AGI Readiness Chief Resigns and Team Is Disbanded (lesswrong.com)
OpenAI is disbanding its AGI readiness team — and its Senior Advisor for AGI readiness, Miles Brundage, just resigned after over six years at the organization.

Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, Resignation, Leadership

7 points by Leary 160 days ago | 0 comments

'They refused to let me go': Japanese turn to resignation agencies to quit jobs (theguardian.com)
One in six workers has engaged a firm to hand in notice for them, as younger workers reject traditional work ethic

Japan, Resignation, Employment, Work Culture, Labor

73 points by orf 165 days ago | 101 comments

Inside Annapurna Interactive's Mass Walkout (ign.com)
Last week, Bloomberg reported that 25 people comprising the entire staff of Annapurna Interactive walked out the door in a group resignation. But while some of the circumstances around their departure emerged in the reporting, one pressing question was left unanswered: why?

Video Games, Industry, Labor Issues, Resignation, Walkouts

114 points by samfriedman 193 days ago | 74 comments

Entire Staff Resigns from Annapurna Interactive (blogspot.com)
Annapurna Interactive, the game company famous for publishing indie hits like Stray, Outer Wilds, Gorogoa, Neon White, What Remains of Edith Finch, and many more, may not be the same company anymore.

Gaming, Resignation, Indie Games

11 points by miclys 201 days ago | 2 comments

Jerry Neumann: Resignation Letter (reactionwheel.net)
I am no longer investing in new companies.

Resignation, Business, Personal, Investment

121 points by vedang 204 days ago | 59 comments

X global affairs head Nick Pickles resigns (reuters.com)

Global Affairs, Resignation, Leadership

22 points by thunderbong 207 days ago | 9 comments

Jeremy Rowley resigns from DigiCert due to mass-revocation incident (mozilla.org)

Cybersecurity, Resignation, Certificate Authorities

130 points by CaliforniaKarl 238 days ago | 65 comments

Bangladesh PM Hasina has resigned and left the country, media reports say (reuters.com)