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Re: Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM

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Post by orangecat »

jandrese wrote: post #35
drewg123 wrote: post #4

I worked for Myricom 2001->2013, and Google 2013->2015. And, wow, I wish I could comment on this thread.. :) EDIT: Scott's Medium blog post linked from this article is fascinating: https://medium.com/swlh/myricom-an-hpc-story-and-lessons-lea...

> The CEO capped the full time headcount at 49 people so he wouldn’t be subject to California law requiring him to provide his employees with a health plan. Can you imagine being this stingy and short sighted? The employees are largely PhDs and he is willing to cripple his company to avoid paying benefits.

I can totally imagine not wanting the hassle of my company having to be a health insurance broker in addition to its actual purpose. What's wrong with paying employees a good salary and having them be responsible for their own insurance, any more than having them buy their own food, housing, and transportation?

Re: Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM

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Post by kaba0 »

orangecat wrote: post #91
jandrese wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The CEO capped the full time headcount at 49 people so he wouldn’t be subject to California law requiring him to provide his employees with a health plan. Can you imagine being this stingy and short sighted? The employees are largely PhDs and he is willing to cripple his company to avoid paying benefits.

I can totally imagine not wanting the hassle of my company having to be a health insurance broker in addition to its actual purpose. What's wrong with paying employees a good salary and having them be responsible for their own insurance, any more than having them buy their own food, housing, and transportation?

It’s cheapness and greed on the boss’s part.

Re: Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM

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Post by jen20 »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #75
drewg123 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I worked there and have evidence that this statement in the blog is not true, and I'm being down-voted?

Downvotes are fickle things. Unrelated, why turn down the health care? With double health care you can tell you're health provider you've got double coverage and they will bill the primary first, and then the secondary for what is left (and if the secondary is designed to be a primary program it will cover all that is left so you end up with zero out of pocket, even for co-payments).

Is this generally the case? If so, I had no idea...

Re: Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM

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Post by azinman2 »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #75
drewg123 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I worked there and have evidence that this statement in the blog is not true, and I'm being down-voted?

Downvotes are fickle things. Unrelated, why turn down the health care? With double health care you can tell you're health provider you've got double coverage and they will bill the primary first, and then the secondary for what is left (and if the secondary is designed to be a primary program it will cover all that is left so you end up with zero out of pocket, even for co-payments).

I don’t know if it’s illegal, but basically every health care plan will deny you if they know you have other coverage. This is bad advice.

Re: Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM

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Post by ncmncm »

pcwalton wrote: post #27
ncmncm wrote: post #12

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Why can you not comment? Certainly any NDA you signed must be expired by now. PSA: If you are not getting continuing payments, any contracts you signed are void. Technically, I gather you are supposed to notify the other party that you are terminating your participation in the contract. Even if you are getting ongoing payments, you can opt out of that, too. (This is not legal advice. Consult an actual lawyer for anyt…

It is absolutely not the case that you can just quit a company, wait a year, and then dump all their confidential information. Even if there were no legal repercussions (which there are), that's a great way to never be hired again.

Time since 2015 is rather more than a year. And, all appearances are that any signatory no longer exists, as such.

Finally, if you don't yet know about voluntary termination of contracts, you have an opportunity to learn more about it.

Re: Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM

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Post by jen20 »

orangecat wrote: post #91
jandrese wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The CEO capped the full time headcount at 49 people so he wouldn’t be subject to California law requiring him to provide his employees with a health plan. Can you imagine being this stingy and short sighted? The employees are largely PhDs and he is willing to cripple his company to avoid paying benefits.

I can totally imagine not wanting the hassle of my company having to be a health insurance broker in addition to its actual purpose. What's wrong with paying employees a good salary and having them be responsible for their own insurance, any more than having them buy their own food, housing, and transportation?

I would be fine with this, but the job would have to pay at least the consumer market cost of healthcare plus plenty of headroom for increases more than the next best offer for me to consider it.

Re: Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM

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Post by refulgentis »

refulgentis wrote: post #52
drewg123 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I worked there and have evidence that this statement in the blog is not true, and I'm being down-voted?

I don't think so, your comment is black text for me, so it's either at it's original score or higher.

No post body was provided.

Re: Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM

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Post by djbusby »

acdha wrote: post #89
djbusby wrote: post #53

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At least 10k/yr/employee.

How much revenue are those people generating? Don't you think being able to hire and retain more highly-skilled people might be worth more than the $5/hour “saved”? (For example, how much does it cost to hire someone — most places spend many thousands doing that)

IDK, I'm just show a concrete value. The person I replied to said it was "not hard". S I mentioned a minimum dollar amount that I've observed at many places seemed reasonable (it can be much much more, like if you cover 100% health for employees and family)

Seems it wasn't helpful.

Re: Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM

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Post by kelseyfrog »

edgyquant wrote: post #83
_tom_ wrote: post #60

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I believe that There are many things that kick in at 50 people. It's oversimplifying to assume this was due to not wanting to offer benefits. First google hit: https://www.aeisadvisors.com/california-compliance-is-my-com...

Why 50? Isn’t that arbitrary? Why not just force benefits for all employees? At least target revenue, if a company makes X revenue it has to provide Y benefits per employee. CEOs definitely won’t be able to easily make the decision to take in less money, as that will piss off share holders.

> Why not just force benefits for all employees?

Public perception. Small business owners occupy a different perceptual space than large businesses. Lawmakers don't want to be perceived as hurting small businesses and craft laws to avoid it. It's more about maintaining political power as much as anything else.

Re: Lanai, the mystery CPU architecture in LLVM

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Post by Centigonal »

postalrat wrote: post #76
pcwalton wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is absolutely not the case that you can just quit a company, wait a year, and then dump all their confidential information. Even if there were no legal repercussions (which there are), that's a great way to never be hired again.

Never be hired because you gave away most of your value for free?

Never be hired because trust is important in human endeavors
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