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by babycake 4y ago
I've always wanted to bike, and the city finally said yes, let's make the city bike-friendly. And then they go ahead and just paint a white bike lane right next to the car lane. Yea, even when politicians listen to their constitue
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by babycake 4y ago
I don't think people are dumb though. Most working class people see through the BS because they live it everyday. I'm not talking about just us, I'm talking retail, waiters, miners, etc. They've seen way more shit with t
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by babycake 4y ago
Of course, it depends on the person. If the person doesn't want lunch, and the boss keeps singling you out to go, that kinda disrespects you. And vice versa. People are not all the same. Some people are shy, some people are gregarious.
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by babycake 4y ago
That could be considered harassment, yea. There was a dude who told his boss he didn't want a birthday party due to anxiety and his boss ignored him and just went ahead and did it anyway. https://www.bbc.com/news/w
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by babycake 4y ago
All these big publishers always parrot the same, 'just go to HR' as though that'll solve your problem. HR has always been the legal shield of the company; they exist to shield the company. > one option is to take the issue
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by babycake 4y ago
That's absolutely false. Bullying doesn't have to be just physical abuse, everything you listed definitely counts. While you don't have to be 'friends' with people at work, that's kind of irrelevant. Why not as
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by babycake 4y ago
My confusion is that if I have 10 GB of photos in my Google Photos, that counts towards the Google cloud storage. Gmail contents also contribute to the total cloud storage. So if Google Takeout is taking my 10 GB photos and creating 10 GB z
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by babycake 4y ago
Yea I mean it's good advice to get a lawyer, but imagine you had to do that for every job offer. You'd be spending so much upfront just to get a job. And they don't even reimburse you for the cost of the modified contract fro
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by babycake 4y ago
Wait really? I can't download my original file? Is there official docs on this, I couldn't find it on google. Instead I had to find it on here: https://www.theverge.com/22440156/google-photos-download-sav...
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by babycake 4y ago
Ah yes, the Shitlassian story. Read up on it here if you don't know about it: https://shitlassian.com/
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by babycake 4y ago
What about your college degree on your resume? Don't you have to list the year you graduated? Even job portals that make everyone fill the damn web forms manually, it generally always asks when one graduated. From that they can deduce
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by babycake 4y ago
So do sellers who got scammed by Opendoor get any kind of reimbursement? Or does FTC dust off their hands and call it a day?
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by babycake 4y ago
Was the cancellation message only deceptive in Australia? Or is it everywhere, and Australia is the only country to prosecute?
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by babycake 5y ago
> As part of the severance plan for the over 2,800 laid off employees, Pelton is offering a curious benefit: A membership to Peloton. Is that it? There's nothing more in their severance? I wish the article would explain this more.
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by babycake 5y ago
I should clarify this behavior is mostly at larger companies... and although it's my anecdotal piece, it is what I've consistently seen at different companies and what my friends tell me they've experienced at other large com
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by babycake 5y ago
To be honest, I don't think this is any of the engineer's fault. I think we're an open creature by nature; we like to share and explore ideas with others. In the corporate field, what I've observed is that deliveries are
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by babycake 5y ago
For sure, but companies didn't win by building a better product. They won because of copyright laws that helped them to enforce their goal of profits. If we want computing freedom, or in other words: consumer rights, then we need to en
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by babycake 5y ago
So for regular users, does this mean my google docs, sheets, photos will be gone? What is G Suite vs Workspace? Or will all my docs be ported over and I'll still have access?
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by babycake 5y ago
We can infer from labor history itself. All of our benefits today came from workers who lost their lives in fighting for better working conditions. But even if we don't look at history, the fact that all companies worldwide consistentl
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by babycake 5y ago
Unlimited Vacation is great if there is a base guarantee of vacation given to the employees. That is, give them their usual 2 weeks (or more) of PTO in their contract. Then anything on top of that is unlimited. But companies know full well
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by babycake 5y ago
Or maybe he was asking why engineers were paid so low compared to blue collar jobs. If our work is valued the same as bus drivers, then ok, he should switch careers. But if it's not valued the same, as HN frequently demonstrates with i
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by babycake 5y ago
> “The almost one million UAW retirees and active members stand in solidarity with the striking UAW members at John Deere,” UAW President Ray Curry said. Pretty awesome, retirees coming back to help out exploited workers. Imagine what be
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by babycake 5y ago
And that's why tech needs a union. You'll always lose as an employee, on your own.
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by babycake 5y ago
They get to continue suppressing current and future employees. Here's a perfect illustration: You know that recent article that came out about Google not paying their temp employees fairly? Well were you aware of that problem before th
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by babycake 5y ago
There is no accrued vacation ok... but he is supposed to get 'unlimited' vacation days, right? So if you take that word 'unlimited' at face value, that means he should be able to take some days off to take care of his wi
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by babycake 5y ago
What a weird perspective this is. There is a man whose wife is dying. He needs support from his employer because that's what's paying the bills for the food, shelter, and medical bills that pile up while he's taking care of h
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by babycake 5y ago
Employers have deep pockets. They'll win over your legal counsel by dragging it out for years, making you bankrupt. At least by exposing it publicly, the company is now forced to address the issue in front of... well everyone. And, oth
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by babycake 5y ago
Don't work as hard as you're doing at work. You're giving your employer all your creative and mental energy. This is the source of why you feel drained. If you don't fix this, it will eventually lead to burnout down the
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by babycake 5y ago
In all honesty, I feel your pain. But we are regular people who have to work for a living, we have little control over how society is run despite the 'democratic' process in place. What you are describing is part of the leakage of
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by babycake 5y ago
It means you didn't take enough of a vacation :D

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