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Re: Public protest against Amazon

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Post by [deleted] »

gamblor956 wrote: post #193
bitL wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, it's fun :( Sociopathy seems to be the norm these days. Anyway, nothing beats that one German bank that told all employees of a branch on Friday that on Monday they are working at a location 80 miles away and are required to be there as usually.

Even in the US something like that would trigger labor law protections (generally it would be treated as a constructive layoff, triggering unemployment benefits and any contractually or legally obligated severance benefits), so this story seems more like a fable than something that actually happened. Do you have any more details about this? EDIT: Europe generally has stronger labor laws than the US, so if something w…

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Re: Public protest against Amazon

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Post by stronglikedan »

skookumchuck wrote: post #72
Consultant32452 wrote: post #33

My recommendation is to NEVER leave negative feedback on an employee survey. The BEST outcome I've seen from them is incredibly painful meetings that only seem to make the matter worse. My speculation on this is two fold. The first is that putting things in those surveys is a "permanent record" or at least "yearly review" issue for your manager. So you are (justly or not) harming them, and they will tend to respond t…

Right. Just like you don't trash-talk about about your ex. No good will come of it.

I'm of the mind that only good comes of it. It's very therapeutic and who cares what they think anymore. Besides, that's one of the few things that no one faults you for - it's almost expected. I highly recommend it.

Re: Public protest against Amazon

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Post by thtthings »

mirceal wrote: post #198
thtthings wrote: post #187

Indian here. If your manager is from India, he probably sucks. He is insecure, has zero empathy, leadership skills or any skills. He probably memorized data structures and algo's interview questions and got a job at Amazon. He got ahead by sucking up to his boss and being political. His boss is probably an Indian too who sucks up to his boss and so on. But that is okay, as this company is stable and they just need pe…

dude (not an indian btw), you can be racist no matter what you are. identifying as an indian does not make what you’re saying less offensive

Well, There is nothing racist about my observations.

I love India and Indians, not fond of Indian bosses.. most of them

Re: Public protest against Amazon

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Post by castlecrasher2 »

org3432 wrote: post #12

This kind of retribution is pretty normal from the companies I've worked it, it's clumsy that it ended up in writing here and a bit more vicious than usual with a child involved. Normally it's done offline in private conversations or simply as something that's understood between like minded managers with passing comments. One manager I had was pretty candid about it, he said he couldn't find another job and was looki…

>One manager I had was pretty candid about it, he said he couldn't find another job and was looking to retire so he was going to give me a bad performance review despite actually being the top performer so he wouldn't be affected. He was otherwise very apologetic that his hand was forced.

I must be dense because I don't understand this. Your manager couldn't find another job, was instead looking to retire, and gave you a bad performance review?

Re: Public protest against Amazon

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Post by metabagel »

plainOldText wrote: post #177
rmrfrmrf wrote: post #166

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...which is pennies compared to tech CEO salaries.

You're right, but please consider this: unions leaders are paper shufflers, bureaucrats, whereas tech CEOs are doers, risk takers and innovators; big difference.

Depends on the tech CEO. A lot of them seem to be mainly concerned with 'innovating' the stock price higher.

Also, union leaders aren't bureaucrats.

Also, bureaucrats serve a useful function.

Re: Public protest against Amazon

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Post by dblock »

thtthings wrote: post #187

Indian here. If your manager is from India, he probably sucks. He is insecure, has zero empathy, leadership skills or any skills. He probably memorized data structures and algo's interview questions and got a job at Amazon. He got ahead by sucking up to his boss and being political. His boss is probably an Indian too who sucks up to his boss and so on. But that is okay, as this company is stable and they just need pe…

I am Russian and my best manager ever, in 20 years of software development, was Indian. So YMMV and these kinds of generalizations need to become a thing of the past.

Re: Public protest against Amazon

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Post by john_moscow »

mirceal wrote: post #198
thtthings wrote: post #187

Indian here. If your manager is from India, he probably sucks. He is insecure, has zero empathy, leadership skills or any skills. He probably memorized data structures and algo's interview questions and got a job at Amazon. He got ahead by sucking up to his boss and being political. His boss is probably an Indian too who sucks up to his boss and so on. But that is okay, as this company is stable and they just need pe…

dude (not an indian btw), you can be racist no matter what you are. identifying as an indian does not make what you’re saying less offensive

Being racist would be discriminating someone based on their race without actually looking into the circumstances. Pointing out cultural roots of a very real problem and openly taking about it is a totally different thing.

Re: Public protest against Amazon

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Post by radlad »

nostrademons wrote: post #185
avinium wrote: post #173

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> Is this standard in the software world? This is standard in every world. Corporate credit cards are usually reserved for senior executives or people who travel/entertain a lot (e.g. sales reps). Cash advances aren't a thing outside of small companies.

Huh? Google made it super easy to get a GCard, you just request it on a web form and it arrived a few days later. It was pretty common for L4 engineers (that's the level below senior) to have them.

Same at Cisco.

Re: Public protest against Amazon

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Post by mrhappyunhappy »

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #99
ownagefool wrote: post #14

I had a manager that took over from a previous person when I was working remote. There were a few issues, but the one that stands out is they flew me down to London for a week, set me up in a hotel, and had me take taxis back and fourth to the office and expense food etc. After returning home, he rejected my expenses because of variance of costs of the taxis, despite me pointing out that I was using the stipulated ve…

I was recently offered a job by a software company, work from home, paid monthly. I presently work in metal fabrication. Not only was their offer $30,000 below my current income, their deal was I front cash for expenses and submit claims monthly. Is this standard in the software world? Because from my perspective there’s only one possible answer to paying expenses out of pocket and having to claim them back: No.

Definitely need more pay not less to work remotely. Also, biweekly is better than monthly as another here stated. As for expenses, can’t talk much on that but it’s best if you get them paid up fast or if they are fairly typical in terms of the amount each time, ask for a payment up front to cover the bulk and make up the difference later. Employee does not mean you cannot make demands. Make all the demands you want and if they say no then you can say no too. It’s a 2 way street.

Re: Public protest against Amazon

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Post by afarrell »

bitL wrote: post #30
omegaworks wrote: post #27

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Call your house representative and two senators in Congress, and write them each a letter about the abuse. Let them know you value your coworkers and that they should be able to enjoy the same labor rights that you do.

Spot on an industry-wide blacklist is yours!

In order for an industry-wide blacklist to exist, large numbers of people would need to have access to it. This large number of people at many different, competing organisations would have no reason to trust each other to keep a secret.

The existence of such a list, the details of its construction, and the possible Social Justice implications of this would attract so many eyeballs and so much advertising revenue, that it would be hard for any online news publication to resist reporting evidence of it.

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