The Only Problem With Brittany Pietsch Is That She Posted It Online

Otherwise, it’s a nice look at how ridiculous “right-sizing” is.

If you are unfamiliar with this particular Internet sensation story, this lady got laid off from Cloudfare after about 3–4 months of working there. She recorded her layoff conversation. It’s pretty painful:

This has millions of views and dozens of hot takes. They fall into basic camps:

1. “The company has every right to lay people off and this lady is a sociopathic for recording it.”
2. “This is indicative of how screwed-up corporate priorities are.”
3. “Girl boss! Tell ’em, sister!”
4. “What has happened to our young people?”

All the takes are spicy, but most kinda miss the mark.

Here’s what happened in the above clip, if you don’t want to watch it: basically she gets laid off by a random middle manager and a HR flak. They have no idea why she is being laid off, and she is pressing them for…