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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by cynix on Thursday September 16, 2021 @04:57PM (#28557478)
Seems you misunderstood their comment. They took time off but never logged it in the system. HR asked them to log the days they took off, they said sure but I also get to log my overtime and get paid for those then.
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by lsaferite on Thursday September 16, 2021 @07:00PM (#28558896)
Ignoring the fact that they are considered an exempt employee (at least in the US).
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by lmm on Friday September 17, 2021 @12:41AM (#28561273)
Probably illegally misclassified as exempt, you mean.
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by lsaferite on Friday September 17, 2021 @09:45AM (#28565405)
How do you figure? Technology roles are well understood to be exempt, no? Don't get me wrong, I think it's stupid and should be changed, but it is what it is (for now).
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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by fshbbdssbbgdd on Friday September 17, 2021 @03:34AM (#28562365)
Do you figure a software engineer is likely to not meet the criteria for classification as exempt? I’ve never heard that called into doubt before.
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