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Re:Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish ... by relix on Monday July 02, 2012 @10:37AM (#4189031)
You know you have a bad company when you fire people who would sneak in to do more work after they're not being paid anymore
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Re:Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish ... by bob_kelso on Monday July 02, 2012 @10:58AM (#4189127)
But he wasn't fired. His project was cancelled so Apple offered him to work on something else and he declined.

I don't get why the manager would want to throw him out though. A capable employee working for free sounds like every managers dream.

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Re:Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish ... by bryanlarsen on Monday July 02, 2012 @11:07AM (#4189157)
A facilities manager was the one who wanted to throw him out. They've got a very different mindset. Software & hardware managers actively aided his cause.
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Re:Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish ... by danielweber on Monday July 02, 2012 @02:49PM (#4190275)
If management knows he's working for free they probably are vulnerable to all kinds of labor problems.
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