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by nopehnnope 4y ago
Everything can be a trade secret. They’re not labeled with a stamp that says “Trade Secret”. If you’re working on a direct competitor to something you make at work, you are almost certainly stealing trade secrets without even realizing.
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
Do you really need it explained to you how a bike is more dangerous to pedestrians than a runner? A bike has way more inertia, is harder to stop than someone running, and is a tangle of metal that can seriously injure someone, and more dif
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
It is literally called a duty of loyalty in many legal systems. Something you could have easily confirmed with a quick Google search in half the time it took to write your comment.
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
Quick Google shows this to be true in common law jurisdictions and every civil law jurisdiction I saw relevant information on.
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
This is a legal concept. You have to be loyal to your employer. You can’t intentionally undermine their business, charge them for hours you didn’t work, etc. It doesn’t mean that you have to go out of your way to advance their ends.
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
As an employee you have a duty of loyalty to your employer. I’m not sure about side projects generally, that is probably a Cyprus specific question. But I’d be shocked if it’s legal anywhere to release a product that competes with what you
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
Dell XPS’s are superficially nice machines but the power management is comically broken. They overheat and drain their battery while sleeping. You’re lucky if you close the lid in the morning and there’s still juice left by 5pm.
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
The disparity is much greater among EU countries. The average Bulgarian income, for example, is well below bare survival income in Western Europe. US geographic disparities are much smaller, and less geographic than racial (which then bea
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
Some problems with that: * The US had a single national language (despite regional linguistic minorities). In the EU, the closest would be English, which is the universal second language but very few people’s first language. * Relatedly, th
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
Union membership is down but anti-discrimination laws are as strong as ever. I was just saying that in companies that are unionized, there is a strong incentive for management to turn to rigid rules and documentation of minor transgressio
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
In theory but most plaintiffs employment lawyers (working on contingency) aren’t going to invest that much time and money for a run of the mill anti discrimination lawsuit.
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
It’s not about management, it’s about convincing a jury that knows absolutely nothing about your company and industry except what two lawyers argue to it.
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
That “complete nonsense” is what US employment lawyers would advise you. But hey, some French guy on the internet knows more.
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
It’s great that you think that, but what I described is what the government does (because of civil service protections) and what every sane HR department with a high legal risk workforce does. Any US employment lawyer would advise that you
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
This is the unintended consequence of anti discrimination laws (and other laws, like those protecting unions, that defeat at-will employment). Easiest way to fire shitty employees is to document a bunch of technical rule violations. That wi
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
Parity can just mean equal. And the Euro’s creators clearly targeted a value similar to the dollar.
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by nopehnnope 4y ago
Absolutely not. There are certain questions you can’t ask until after you have an offer because they will otherwise unfairly shade people’s perception of you. This is no different than waiting a few dates before disclosing medical issues an