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Re:Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've autom... by wfunction on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @06:37PM (#14659156)
They were annoyed at you because you exploited an information asymmetry between the two of you (which is how long the job would actually take).
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Re:Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've autom... by s73ver on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @07:02PM (#14659336)
And they didn't attempt to exploit an information asymmetry when hiring them?
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Re:Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've autom... by wfunction on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @07:07PM (#14659366)
I don't know, but I was just explaining why they're annoyed, not whether they should be annoyed.
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Re:Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've autom... by hasenj on Thursday June 29, 2017 @03:29AM (#14661437)
They thought they were playing him, and got about when they learned that in fact he was the one playing them.
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