> Without retreading old ground too much, the backlash was so severe – from alleged threats to big names announcing intent to jump ship – that last week Unity rolled back much of the new policy.
Companies of this size don't do things like this willy-nilly. They do them after extensive data collection, analysis, research, etc.
Both internally and externally corporations routinely deploy a policy change that is severe, and then to look good, "roll back" the policy...but not all the way. The result is a roll forward, but yet even fairly savvy press like The Reg call it "rolling back much of the new policy."
The whole point is to advance a policy while looking like you "listened" to your employees/customers...while getting nearly or exactly what you originally planned.
Raise your hand if you've ever worked somewhere the health insurance coverage became more expensive or vacation policy was strongly curtailed, and then a couple days later there was a "we listened" email announcing something between the old and new policy.
Companies of this size don't do things like this willy-nilly. They do them after extensive data collection, analysis, research, etc.
Both internally and externally corporations routinely deploy a policy change that is severe, and then to look good, "roll back" the policy...but not all the way. The result is a roll forward, but yet even fairly savvy press like The Reg call it "rolling back much of the new policy."
The whole point is to advance a policy while looking like you "listened" to your employees/customers...while getting nearly or exactly what you originally planned.
Raise your hand if you've ever worked somewhere the health insurance coverage became more expensive or vacation policy was strongly curtailed, and then a couple days later there was a "we listened" email announcing something between the old and new policy.