I worked at Google for -10 days

Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by xooglechoogle on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @11:39AM (#35526688)

Entities with massive wealth, such as Google, should always use money to soften the blow of their mistakes.

Giving this person a small chunk of cash would make me respect Google so much more than just screwing this person's life up and saying "Whoops, you're fired, lol!"

But it's been a long time since Google was a cool company.

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Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by wahnfrieden on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @11:56AM (#35526983)

It's simple profit motive. What you're asking for is something else

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Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by petercooper on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @12:01PM (#35527066)

I agree, but as 'Bill Gates' said on The Simpsons: "I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks."

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Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by xooglechoogle on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @12:27PM (#35527449)

Easily justified as good marketing. This #1 post on HN will Google (in various ways) much more than the cash they could have used to look like good guys, even if it wasn't done out of goodness.

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Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by petercooper on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @12:47PM (#35527704)

Much more than the cash to handle potentially thousands of applicants who were in a similar position?

(Don't get me wrong, I do think large companies should be held to higher ethical standards, but we don't seem to be there yet.)

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Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by bagacrap on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @01:11PM (#35528058)

No mention of the relocation bonus. Was there one? Did they rescind that as well? Since I'm 90% sure Google would pay for international relocation, and the blog post didn't mention it (which it surely would have if Google had offered then rescinded one), I suspect he did get to keep that.

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Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by gorbachev on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @01:57PM (#35528713)

Those don't get paid in advance. They're paid as part of your paycheck.

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Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by exe163 on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @02:00PM (#35528749)

I am pretty sure for most corporations you get the bonus after you moved, unless they contracted a relocation company and you accepted their service.

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