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541.
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11y ago
Or a mercenary, depending on how much you're being paid.
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11y ago
There are lots of good companies that pay well that aren't startups.
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11y ago
"but many would rather work to make the world better" Despite what most startups say, a minuscule amount of them are actually trying to do this. Most are just trying to make a small group of people rich.
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11y ago
"But why should you care as a founder if your employees believe in your product? " If they believe , then it's easier to exploit them.
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11y ago
No. Number 3 is flat out wrong. Most people will negotiate for more salary because they understand that options will just fuck them over. Money won't.
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11y ago
False dilemma. Who says one can't do both?
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11y ago
"what will happen is productivity is going to shoot up for your average person on a per dollar basis." For your average EMPLOYED person. Whether or not most people will be employed is yet to be seen. "We can take about the ro
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11y ago
"No mainstream right-winger is getting anywhere close to arguing that people should starve to death." They're not saying it in those exact words, but they are clearly saying that.
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11y ago
"Who is naturally better at lifting heavy objects -- men or women?" Whichever one gets off their ass and stops stuffing their face with cheese doodles all day long.
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11y ago
Wait, why is it entitlement to want to get market rate for your skills?
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11y ago
"people want to know when their spouse is cheating on them" That's completely different than people outside the family wanting to know.
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"Having morals also means speaking out about things when it is your concern. " Nobody on AM was your concern. At all.
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11y ago
"Is doxxing always unethical?" YES
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11y ago
Not really. If anything, it's done the opposite, because people were all happy that "a bunch of cheaters got what they deserved."
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11y ago
So the choices are to receive healthcare for all, or for a tiny fraction of the population to have the chance to maybe work for a shitty company that clearly hates their employees?
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11y ago
Irrelevant. We're close enough to the top that it makes no difference to the person's point. It should be absolutely unacceptable that this happens in a civilized nation.
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11y ago
Even if this story is just an anecdote, it is completely and absolutely unacceptable that Amazon would let anyone be treated like that. This is the kind of story that should end with people being fired for incompetence.
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11y ago
Unless you have a recording of your manager coming out and saying, "I'm putting you on the PIP because you got pregnant," you can't do anything, because there's no proof that's why it happened. Which is fucking
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11y ago
"Anyway, long story short its the same everywhere. " So shouldn't we be yelling even louder? That seems to make it even more unacceptable. "Im sure Larry and Jeff had good intentions when they started their companies but
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11y ago
No, it isn't. Not even close.
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11y ago
I suspect you're crazy pants.
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11y ago
"I'd bet that fewer than 5% of Apple customers want a general-purpose computer" I'd bet that fewer than 5% of any computer company's customers want a general purpose computer.
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11y ago
No, it really isn't. There's no reason why this app couldn't be distributed outside of the App Store, in which case YOU can still do what YOU want.
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11y ago
Not to mention that exploit will be fixed soon.
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11y ago
No, it's the first one. He's a pretty big bigot and racist. He's also been diagnosed with a form of schizophrenia, so take that for what it's worth.
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11y ago
Which then gets you a lot of tax implications that you don't have if they just give you your match in cash.
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11y ago
Stop with the, "They criticized a company I like; they must be hostile to them!" stuff. It's a pretty spot on article.
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11y ago
No, it isn't. We're not serfs. If they have shitty benefits, they should be called on it.
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11y ago
But now you've got the added tax implications of having to sell stock right when you get it.
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11y ago
I would say busting anyone's balls over that one is genuine. Especially because it sounds like their competition in hiring doesn't do that.
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