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by Tallianar 1436 days ago
Forced means, they didn't announce it as you could not do it. It's was a "be on-call" or you are out.

In a call I was explicitly told "every company does it like this, if that's not ok you might not be a right fit for this company".
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throwaway22032 1436 days ago
Well, sure.

I don't think anyone is the right fit for any relationship in which one side attempts to change the parameters without consultation.

It just doesn't make any logistical sense. You may as well ask a teenager doing a weekend job to come in on Tuesday. They're at school.

UK employment law doesn't really permit these sorts of shenanigans.

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Tallianar 1436 days ago
Indeed, which is why I think they ended backing out. But even if it could, there are definitely better ways of handling it. The deal we ended up getting is one that benefits all sides and I wish more companies would adopt.
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pydry 1436 days ago
>In a call I was explicitly told "every company does it like this, if that's not ok you might not be a right fit for this company".

In situations like this it's helpful to have a no-management backchannel team chat group set up so you can use it synchronize a series of "nope, not doing that".

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