melbournegrad
Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google
on Thursday November 09, 2023 @06:26PM (#38212860)
Do we? Could you describe the law?
I don't think we have much protection for these types of labour hirec(as we'd call them in Aus) arrangements
Re:Starlink internet is going from rural savior to unreliable luxury
on Monday April 03, 2023 @06:47AM (#35421342)
I don't want to get off topic but the NBN hasn't even worked. I'm only offered wireless in my apartment 4km from the CBD, currently 1.7 Mbps
Re:The worst sales promotion in history
on Monday October 24, 2022 @12:44AM (#33313007)
Punch Drunk Love, but that was a different scheme based on this guy
Re:Hertz paid Accenture $32M for a website that never went live (2019)
on Thursday July 21, 2022 @10:31PM (#32187796)
Can confirm, at a big 4, billed out at 8x
Re:The Uber Bubble
on Monday April 18, 2022 @08:19PM (#31078403)
I worked for the owner driver regulator of my country. People would take these jobs that they were making a loss on and not realise and be bankrupt in 6 months
Re:The Uber Bubble
on Monday April 18, 2022 @08:15PM (#31078372)
Which goes t to show the mass amount of this happening in India. Ilived there in 2017, drivers didn't understand what Pool was and let everyone out at the first stop.
Re:Australia to prevent citizens ordinarily resident overseas from lea...
on Thursday August 05, 2021 @07:24PM (#28081371)
Can you show me a country the size of Australia with <1000 COVID deaths?
Re:Japan pitches 'Society 5.0' to keep its edge in tech and science
on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @06:57PM (#27978616)
You can take leave its just not paid. IIrc you can take abscences of up to 12 months due to illness or inury unpaid, before they may be justified in letting you go.
Most jobs have at least: 4 weeks paid leave (annual) 2 weeks sick leave (which may require a note depending on company policy) 12 months parental leave for new/adoptive parents 6 weeks of Long service leave after 7 years, growing at the rate of roughly one week per year thereafter In addition to this we have 13 days of public holiday
Source: Australian employment lawyer
Re:What’s it like working at a large tech company?
on Friday December 20, 2019 @09:59PM (#21849309)
What was ypour path to get to that? I knew software paid well, but not that well