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the email could have said 10k for _current_ employees or something to that effect. i am also leaning towards siding with the founders here, not knowing all the
by ditojim 14y ago
the email could have said 10k for _current_ employees or something to that effect. i am also leaning towards siding with the founders here, not knowing all the facts. how much time and productivity did it cost the company when this employee lost the data? more or less than 10k? either side of it, does it really make sense to hand someone a 10k bonus after they made a major mistake and then quit shortly after?
- chasing 14y agoIt's two separate issues. Sounds like they owe him $10k. If they also want to pursue a lawsuit over his data screw-up, they should. But that's unrelated. (I think such a suit would be tossed, given his screw-up seems to be based upon Miso not having suitable back-ups, which: The fuck?)
- droithomme 14y agoIf they file a lawsuit against an employee for losing a database that they neglected to backup, I would love to hear a follow up story. I'm sure that after it gets out how they deal with routine mistakes they'll have highly qualified database engineers lining up at their door to work there because of the excitement of working in such a high stakes environment.
- ditojim 14y agoand they very well might owe him the 10k. i was simply trying to consider the other side, which we don't know as much about, and i am assuming they made the best decision considering all the circumstances. maybe not. really, the employee should have collected this bonus prior to quitting his job. this could have been avoided if he was paying attention. i'd have a calendar appointment set for the date i was to receive that bonus, if i was that employee.