▲ 43 ▼ Want to hear the truth about Automattic, the not-like-the-other-girls company that still thinks it is a startup after 20 years and his founder acts like he invented remote working? (topspicy.social) submitted 2 years ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/techtakes@awful.systems 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) 11-month trial period Jesus, fuck permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) yeah I read that and started thinking of the various ways it's dependency-inducing stopped after the first 4~5 big ones because that already really hurt to think about permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago In France it was standard for the 7 month trial period and that was just horrible. Just horrible. So many firings would happen within days of the period ending, the barrier between no warning required and a shit ton of notice and compensation. Political nightmare and 7 months of anxiety in the backstabbiest of tech workplaces I’ve seen permalink fedilink source parent
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) yeah I read that and started thinking of the various ways it's dependency-inducing stopped after the first 4~5 big ones because that already really hurt to think about permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago In France it was standard for the 7 month trial period and that was just horrible. Just horrible. So many firings would happen within days of the period ending, the barrier between no warning required and a shit ton of notice and compensation. Political nightmare and 7 months of anxiety in the backstabbiest of tech workplaces I’ve seen permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago In France it was standard for the 7 month trial period and that was just horrible. Just horrible. So many firings would happen within days of the period ending, the barrier between no warning required and a shit ton of notice and compensation. Political nightmare and 7 months of anxiety in the backstabbiest of tech workplaces I’ve seen permalink fedilink source parent