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Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit by Scarblac on Thursday December 05, 2019 @11:10AM (#21713474)
It's so dystopian though. The company consists of its employees. Usually the interests should be aligned.
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Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit by zentiggr on Thursday December 05, 2019 @12:03PM (#21713967)
Ahh... welcome to the world. You are a cost center. You are a potential legal liability if anything you do could cause the company to have to defend itself.

And you may also do great things, and help do awesome corporate projects.

But first and foremost, your employment is a bet by the company that your usefulness will outweigh your potential minefields.

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Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit by Scarblac on Friday December 06, 2019 @07:56AM (#21721358)
You mean welcome to the US. I'm not there.

HR would be a legal liability if I came to them with problems, they didn't help me and it would later lead to something like depression or burnout causing me to be unable to work because of it. That's a much bigger risk than whatever legal liability you have in mind.

Of course I am a cost center and my employment is that bet by the company, but that's beside the point. Good working conditions increase the chance of that bet being in the money.

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