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by AntiTechTechie 2613 days ago
Sure, you don't think Google will find a way to identify these "problem" employees, transfer them to a pointless project or put them on something that will cause them to leave on their own accord?

Their managers could easily give them CMEs for good reason (wasting time on activist bullshit instead of doing work, etc..), essentially forcing them to leave...
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jawnv6 2612 days ago
right, labor law is aware of "constructive dismissal," been a part of the law since, gosh, 1964?

oh right but this is ~google~ in the ~silicon valley tech industry~ so stodgy old concepts like "long settled labor law" still appear to be wholly unheard of by the average techie bootlicker

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dentemple 2612 days ago
"We're a plucky startup that seeks to disrupt the labor laws industry"
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mattkevan 2612 days ago
Ah, you mean Uber?
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ravenstine 2613 days ago
> transfer them to a pointless project or put them on something that will cause them to leave on their own accord?

This could be the subject of a dystopia or a dark comedy where the free world has been taken over because could-be revolutionaries are placed on boring, pointless, mismanaged, tail-chasing projects so they have no time to think about the bigger picture or take any real action against the system.

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AntiTechTechie 2612 days ago
> This could be the subject of a dystopia or a dark comedy where the free world has been taken over because could-be revolutionaries are placed on boring, pointless, mismanaged, tail-chasing projects so they have no time to think about the bigger picture or take any real action against the system.

This sounds like the current world we all live and work in...basically we have a bunch of "bullshit jobs" to occupy our time during the day and endless trash entertainment to distract us and keep us from noticing how shitty modern industrial life really is...

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saagarjha 2612 days ago
That is also illegal.
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iron0013 2612 days ago
Hey, could you please stop acting like the idea that someone would follow the law is absurd or laughable?
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sincerely 2612 days ago
You are referring to the concept of "constructive dismissal". This would also be illegal.
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