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Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by KptMarchewa on Thursday July 30, 2020 @07:25AM (#23996872)
What's the difference between this and gardening leave? Does Amazon not pay for those two weeks or what?
Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by Lio on Thursday July 30, 2020 @07:55AM (#23997056)
Apart from whether Amazon are paying the two weeks notice that they morally owe, one obvious difference would be if your next employer asks have you ever been terminated from a previous position.

Who would want to be placed in the position of saying yes I was fired because I was suspected of being a security risk?

Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by xyzzy_plugh on Thursday July 30, 2020 @09:51AM (#23998091)
Does anyone ever answer this question truthfully? I generally assume not. The only way to verify this is through a back channel (AIUI corps generally won't disclose the reason due to libel liability), unless the employee really screwed up and didn't sign a separation agreement, which (again AIUI) you'd only decline if you plan on pursuing legal action against your employer.

And if you're already on a back channel, then you don't care about playing fair.

Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by Aeolun on Thursday July 30, 2020 @08:47AM (#23997459)
You can just say that you were terminated because your manager at Amazon was insecure and didn’t trust you to not fuck things up?
Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by Lio on Thursday July 30, 2020 @10:31AM (#23998611)
Well you can of course but interviewers often discount candidates that slag off their old employers on the grounds that they’ll be difficult to manage.