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by cwkoss 2448 days ago
Yikes. You should send his boss/ceo/investors a spite email telling the story about how he lost a worker who was working for 1/2 market rate by setting impossible deadlines.
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ckastner 2448 days ago
> You should send his boss/ceo/investors a spite email

That is a horrendously bad suggestion.

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mcv 2448 days ago
A spite email sounds like a bad idea, but this manager sounds very harmful to the company, and the boss/ceo/investors might want to be aware of that.
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GonzaloQuero 2448 days ago
And why would he care anymore about it? The company failed him, so why would he be helpful for them anymore?

He did his job, he moved on, whatever happens there should not be expected to be his problem anymore.

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cwkoss 2448 days ago
That manager is toxic and should be reprimanded and/or fired. The employee certainly has no ethical obligation to do them any favors, but it could prevent that manager from abusing current and future workers in this way.

This is a situation where the interests of the workers aligns with the business's ability to succeed. Why not leverage that to try to improve working conditions there? Seems like a win-win for everyone but the toxic manager.

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mcv 2448 days ago
Because if the CEO is smart, they'll fire that manager before he does any more damage to the company, and maybe hire the developer back.
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Fnoord 2448 days ago
To help other people who end up at said manager/job.
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