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Re:Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering... by freyir on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @08:09PM (#16917765)
Then that's the heart of the problem, and it should be fixed.
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Re:Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering... by brianwawok on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @10:02PM (#16918178)
How do you create laws that both

a) Protect a vulnerable class of people from being fired (say over 40 people)

and not

b) Require 30 forms when firring someone in that class for perfectly valid reasons

Seems really really hard to hit both. You need to err on one side or another.. which way do you go?

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Re:Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering... by freyir on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:26PM (#16933832)
Document repeated negative performance or toxic behavior and then act on it.

There are plenty of people in non-vulnerable classes who regularly do indefensible things because they know their companies won't act on it.

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Re:Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engineering... by Cookiesaurusbex on Thursday April 26, 2018 @02:32PM (#16934345)
Untie a person's ability to survive from their employment status. If we had universal healthcare and basic income then the necessity of most of the employment laws would cease to exist.
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