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Re:Elon Musk Lays Off Employee Who Slept on the Floor to Mee... by Marsymars on Monday February 27, 2023 @10:30PM (#34965299)
What’s the difference between refusing to respond to an outage and having pre-existing commitments that make you unreachable (e.g. outdoor activities outside of cell coverage) or that aren’t compatible with work (e.g. childcare)?
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Re:Elon Musk Lays Off Employee Who Slept on the Floor to Mee... by irl_chad on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @05:50AM (#34967919)
On-call schedule. Everyone goes on rotation, gets different days. If you miss your day, well, you knew in advance you would be on call that day.
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Re:Elon Musk Lays Off Employee Who Slept on the Floor to Mee... by Marsymars on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @12:24PM (#34972055)
Right, that's an appropriate way to do it. It sounded like you were expecting everyone to be on call all the time.
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