GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart - and we have the full inside story


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GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart — and we have the full inside story
Julie Bort and Matt Weinberger

 

We've been hearing about a lot of drama going on at $2 billion startup GitHub, the hugely important and popular site used by millions of computer programmers where 10 or more executives have departed in recent months.
The more we write about the inner turmoil, the more people step forward to share details and opinions.

 

We're hearing these themes repeatedly:

  • Cofounder CEO Chris Wanstrath, with support from the board, is radically changing the company's culture: Out with flat org structure based purely on meritocracy, in with supervisors and middle managers. This has ticked off many people in the old guard.
  • Its once famous remote-employee culture has been rolled back. Senior managers are no longer allowed to live afar and must report to the office. This was one reason why some senior execs departed or were asked to leave, one person close to the company told us.
  • Others tell us that key technical people from the old days like CTO Ted Nyman and third cofounder PJ Hyett are mostly absent from the office and not contributing much technically.
  • GitHub has hit "hypergrowth," growing from about 300 to nearly 500 employees in less than a year, with over 70 people joining last quarter alone.
  • Some longer-term employees feel like there's a "culture of fear" where people who don't support all the changes are being ousted.
  • In addition to previously reported executive departures, Business Insider has learned that Ryan Day, VP of business development; Adam Zimman, senior director of technology partnerships; and Scott Buxton, controller, have all left in the last six months. Buxton departed in January.

 

 

Full article at,
http://www.businessinsider.com/github-the-full-inside-story-2016-2?r=US&IR=T

 

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