I worked at Google for -10 days

Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by Jare on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @02:18PM (#35529014)

That's becoming more and more widespread. It's idiotic and counterproductive but apparently companies love some fake sense of security.

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Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by ido on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @01:45AM (#35535487)

I think this is more for "traditional" companies, I've never seen a startup here (Berlin) do that in the 10 years I've been living here.

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Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by Malamute on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @02:28AM (#35535748)

I have 3 months notice. It is unreasonable.

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Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by ido on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @05:48AM (#35537185)

It's unreasonable for the company to want you to stick around for 3 months before you switch jobs, but it's not unreasonable to ask a company to let an employee who has been with them for years 3 months' (notice or severance) before they fire them (as the power balance is not equal - the employee is supposedly dependent on that salary for their livelihood and not everyone can instantly land a new job after being laid off).

Overall even as a business owner myself I prefer the pro-employee German system over the free-for-all American one.

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Re:I worked at Google for -10 days by Jare on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @04:21PM (#35546219)

In my experience it's becoming more and more widespread specifically in startups. I hope you're right and I'm just seeing the bad outliers.

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