Re:Brief thoughts on getting hired as a senior coder
by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @12:26PM
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Legally, you'd probably have to structure that as "contract to hire". Otherwise, "fire fast" is probably going to open you up to lawsuits. (You may win those lawsuits. They're still expensive.)
Re:Brief thoughts on getting hired as a senior coder
by jpm_sd on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @08:57PM
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What is required beyond "your at-will employment has been terminated"? What are the grounds for your hypothetical lawsuit?
Re:Brief thoughts on getting hired as a senior coder
by AnimalMuppet on Thursday August 01, 2019 @11:12AM
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It's easy to file a lawsuit. You have to claim something mildly plausible that the court recognizes as possibly legally valid. At that point, the company has to burn lawyer time in order to fight the case. Even if they win, it cost them. (It cost the ex-employee, too, but the company doesn't care about that. They only care that it cost the company.)
Maybe I'm cynical from watching SCO v IBM (still not over, after 16 years, even though SCO never really had a case), but my perception is that you can file a lawsuit without a case. You just have to, in your initial filing, give the appearance that there might be a case.
Re:Brief thoughts on getting hired as a senior coder
by myvoiceismypass on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @08:37PM
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This model (fire fast) works pretty well for Netflix, though I personally never got used to it during my time there.
Wouldn't it save time and cost overall to hire fast and fire fast? Make it very clear that your first two weeks are a vetting period and your first 6 months are still probation?