花钱如同在牛市、业务层面无进展,波卡开启史上最大裁员

PanewsPublished on 2023-10-18Last updated on 2023-10-19

Abstract

在Parity年会前一周,员工收到了公司将解雇大部分员工的消息,但一周后年会仍如期举行,整个度假会放佛一场超现实、又令人恶心的“饥饿的游戏”。

原文标题:Polkadot workers endured ‘Hunger Games’ retreat after getting news of mass layoffs, employees say
原文作者:Tim Craig、Inbar Preiss,DLNews
编译:海尔斯曼,ChainCatcher
在 Parity Technologies (波卡生态开发组织)前往地中海马略卡岛举行年度度假会的前一周,其 385 名员工收到了一些令人震惊的消息:公司将解雇大部分员工。
但几名员工告诉DL News,由于航班已经预订,即将离职的员工仍将参加 10 月 9 日至 13 日在伊波罗之星卡拉多明戈斯海滩度假村举行的为期五天的静修活动。Parity 的一位代表告诉DL News,公司在宣布裁员后仍选择继续这一活动。
原本计划是有趣的一周,包括演讲、研讨会和聚会,但后来变成了对 Parity 解散、谁将在淘汰中幸存以及接下来会发生什么的讨论。
“这像是一个超现实、恶心的笑话,”一位参加了这次静修活动的 Parity 员工在一则短消息中说道,“有点饥饿游戏的感觉。”
内部冲突
Parity Technologies 是一家区块链基础设施公司,负责开发 Polkadot 区块链。
据几位现任和前任员工称,随着资金减少以及员工谴责高层管理人员为自己支付丰厚的薪水,Polkadot 和 Parity 现在陷入了内部冲突。
Parity前战略增长项目主管Eric Wang于1月份离开公司,他告诉DL News:“高管们的薪酬很高,但没有带来多少实际成果。”“平价已经被打破了。”
对于 DeFi 领域最受吹捧的项目之一来说,情况发生了戏剧性的转变。
2020 年,Polkadot 上线,拥有良好的出身和广阔的前景。以太坊联合创始人Gavin Wood 创立了 Polkadot,以解决他帮助创建的区块链的局限性,例如难以扩展。
在接下来的三年里,才华横溢的开发者和 DeFi 爱好者纷纷涌向 Polkadot,而与此同时 Polkadot 也在 2021 年 11 月达到巅峰时市值(约 540 亿美元),成为加密货币领域常年排名前 10 的公司。
“具有挑战性的一步”
在回应DL News的置评请求时,Parity 没有否认或确认裁员,也没有提及管理层薪资问题。
Parity 表示,它期待其网络中的参与者“不断出现”以及 Polkadot 区块链的进一步采用。一位发言人表示,公司致力于分散 Polkadot 的开发,并称这种情况对公司来说是“具有挑战性的一步”
Parity发言人在给DL News的电子邮件声明中表示:“感谢我们的团队成员,他们为我们取得今天的成就发挥了重要作用。 ” “虽然这对 Parity 来说是一个具有挑战性的步骤,但对 Polkadot 来说却是必要的一步。”
鉴于 Parity 致力于扩大 Polkadot 的用户群,员工们对裁员感到措手不及,他们要求匿名,为的是在敏感时刻保护自己。
员工表示,只有公司的核心工程、开发者关系、生态系统运营和亚洲团队没有被解雇
西班牙静修
这些问题本都应该在西班牙的静修会上得到解答。但团队成员很难抛开即将大裁员带来的压力。
一名参加会议的员工表示:“这似乎是他们在权力下放计划中拥有发言权。”“有些人甚至在台上做演讲时都哭了。很多人都提前离开了。”
据多名参加静修会的员工透露,Wood 没有参加,这让许多人感到愤怒和困惑。据员工称,这位 Polkadot 和 Parity 创始人也缺席了全体员工会议,当时员工被告知即将裁员。
接受DL News采访的员工表示,他们相信这个决定是Wood做出的。
一名员工表示:“许多员工认为他没有明确自己的优先事项,也没有协助推广 Polkadot。”
Wood 没有回应DL News的置评请求。
落后于竞争对手
员工还表示,Parity 首席财务官 Fahmi Syed 在宣布裁员的前一天离开了公司。Syed 的 LinkedIn 个人资料显示,他仍担任该公司的首席财务官。
Fahmi Syed 拒绝回应DL News的置评请求。
Wood 成立了 Parity Technologies 来帮助 Polkadot 网络商业化。它与开发Cardano区块链的商业企业 IOHK 发挥着类似的作用。
但 Polkadot 已经落后于竞争对手。与以太坊上涨 32%相比,Polkadot 的 DOT 加密货币今年下跌了约 18%。

花钱如同在牛市、业务层面无进展,波卡开启史上最大裁员


Polkadot的DOT代币在过去12个月的熊市期间暴跌。
Parity 的部分资金来自 Web3 基金会,这是 Wood 建立的另一个组织。据一位 Parity 员工透露,Web3 基金会也宣布裁员,影响约 40% 的员工。
据招聘网站 SignalHire 称,该集团总部位于瑞士楚格,拥有 100 至 200 名员工。
“公司花钱仍像在牛市一样”
10 月 10 日,Parity 在其官方 X 账户上发帖表示,它正在“取消其上市功能”,以分散 Polkadot 生态系统的开发。
Parity 并未公开承认此次裁员,但在 X 帖子发布后不久, Parity 新闻办公室的一名员工告诉DL News,该公司将“在未来几个月内经历人员变动”。
据 Parity 员工称,该公司因现金耗尽而裁员。他们表示,Parity 在过去 12 个月里大肆招聘,导致其陷入财务困境。
一名员工表示,公司领导层本应在熊市中更好地管理成本。“公司花钱就像还在牛市一样,”该员工说。
其他人则将裁员归咎于支付给高管的过高薪水,称高管通常收到超过 100 万美元的现金
一名员工表示:“有一次,一位负责数字营销的副总裁不小心将自己的工资通过电子邮件发送给了整个公司,显示他的收入约为 70 万美元。”
在现场,员工们担心 Polkadot 生态系统会发生什么,有些人已经为这个生态工作了七年。
有人表示,员工最担心的是,如果没有 Parity 作为引导力量,人才会逃离 Polkadot 生态。
“权力下放听起来很棒,但如果没有统一的策略,或者没有人负责,没有人知道会发生什么,”该员工表示。
另一方面,这位员工又认为,从长远来看裁员可能是积极的。“摆脱所有这些员工并权力下放只会是一件好事,因为门槛设置得很低,”他说。
其他参与 Polkadot 生态系统的人似乎已经完全退出。据同一人士透露,Web3 基金会原本应该参加 Parity 静修会,但在裁员后取消了航班。“没有人参加,”该员工说。
而且目前还没有裁员时间表,因此 Parity 员工仍处于不确定状态。但最重要的是,员工们仍然无法解释 Parity 大规模裁员的糟糕时机。
“为什么在撤退之前解雇所有人?” 一名员工说道。“只是垃圾箱着火了。”

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