• balsoft@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    I have no doubt about that. After they “fired” a couple of people for bullshit causes, we organized a little pseudo-union-thing with our colleagues (pseudo because we are a remote org with people from all over the world and can’t file for a legal union). As a result not one of us has been fired without a real cause, a serious investigation, and an attempt at redemption. Feelsgoodman

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      I’m sad that was necessary but happy your group was successful with it. I am fortunate in that the managers I work under are of the mindset, “Your an adult. If work is getting done to quality/schedule requirements and people can get a hold of you when needed, then I don’t care how you schedule your time.”

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        It’s not about managers, there are nice ones for sure. I like my direct manager a lot. It’s about the capitalist on top, who, when the times get rough, still tries to extract the most profit rather than actually reinvest some of the capital back into the business and keep people employed. This is unavoidable under capitalism.

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          Yes, I accept that is the nature of the beast for a publicly traded company. But I have not heard stories about my company playing stupid games like that. Probably because they are big enough that it would create legal risk and they know they will probably want to rehire some of the people getting layed off some time in the future.