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What a douche. Guess what? People are messy. But more importantly, people are valuable. The author can whine all he likes. But really, try getting something d

What a douche. Guess what? People are messy. But more importantly, people are valuable. The author can whine all he likes. But really, try getting something done without them. Oh, wait, he says he's not going to even try... why are we reading this?

InclinedPlane 15y ago
I'm not so sure. If I had to keep an employee for 3 years while they were on vacation I would just not hire any employees. Or I'd move somewhere with sane business laws.
- learc83 15y ago
  I'd never have any employees. Independent contractors all the way.
  - moonchrome 15y ago
    Haha you sound like you're from the region. That and proxy employment agencies, and the employees end up with a lower salary (agency takes a cut) and lower protection. Ironically predictable.
geuis 15y ago
It sounds like you didn't even read the article. The author is describing a lot of negative legal aspects in his country that make running a successful business nigh impossible.
- orbitingpluto 15y ago
  I did. The reason that the article irked me: Imagine this combination: brilliant, an MSc in CompSci, being over 50, female, not white, and an immigrant. I tried to get her hired for the IT department where I worked. Instead she was cheated out of her pay and fired before the standard employee trial period ended. Standard practice for the place. (900 employees in four years, avg occupancy of 50 workers, anyone mid-level and up is white only, and as soon as a project was over almost everybody is fired, continuity of work is not the issue). I've heard all the same excuses before in a much friendlier business environment. All in an attempt to treat people like they are not human beings. I know nothing about the author and I'm not disputing the realities of business in Hungary. But damn I want to shoot the message. And a swath of downvotes in an attempt to do so is worth that...

InclinedPlane 15y ago

I'm not so sure. If I had to keep an employee for 3 years while they were on vacation I would just not hire any employees. Or I'd move somewhere with sane business laws.

learc83 15y ago
I'd never have any employees. Independent contractors all the way.
- moonchrome 15y ago
  Haha you sound like you're from the region. That and proxy employment agencies, and the employees end up with a lower salary (agency takes a cut) and lower protection. Ironically predictable.

geuis 15y ago

It sounds like you didn't even read the article. The author is describing a lot of negative legal aspects in his country that make running a successful business nigh impossible.

orbitingpluto 15y ago
I did. The reason that the article irked me: Imagine this combination: brilliant, an MSc in CompSci, being over 50, female, not white, and an immigrant. I tried to get her hired for the IT department where I worked. Instead she was cheated out of her pay and fired before the standard employee trial period ended. Standard practice for the place. (900 employees in four years, avg occupancy of 50 workers, anyone mid-level and up is white only, and as soon as a project was over almost everybody is fired, continuity of work is not the issue). I've heard all the same excuses before in a much friendlier business environment. All in an attempt to treat people like they are not human beings. I know nothing about the author and I'm not disputing the realities of business in Hungary. But damn I want to shoot the message. And a swath of downvotes in an attempt to do so is worth that...