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Re:Tech CEO fired two engineers for having second full-time ... by juancn on Monday October 24, 2022 @10:29AM (#33317124)
It was the right move, it's also a red flag for the org and the CEO should look closely into the details of the org he is leading.

My read here is that they were heavily under-utilized (and probably under paid), this tends to happen in orgs with a high level of process and bureaucracy, where employees have little agency to get shit done.

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Re:Tech CEO fired two engineers for having second full-time ... by hopeful122 on Monday October 24, 2022 @10:35AM (#33317213)
A subordinate of mine tried to do this at my startup, where there was no bureaucracy and people were definitely not under-utilized. I am pretty sure this was just motivated by greed.
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Re:Tech CEO fired two engineers for having second full-time ... by onemoresoop on Monday October 24, 2022 @11:59AM (#33318425)
> I am pretty sure this was just motivated by greed.

Are you sure about that? Were you paying your employee enough? You said at your startup and I guess that position for the employee was a gamble as we all know how so many startups operate.

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