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Two for the price of one today! U R NT QFD was originally posted by "Ben Fulton"...
I have a suspicion this ad for a programmer was text-messaged in to our local paper...
Software Engineer I Anlyz, dsgn, dvlp agmnted & mxd reality & cntxtual info sw appls & certs w/knldg in data mgmt, distrib & location specific info dlvry sys; Particpt in tstng process thru tst dsgn, rvw & anlys w/mdrn relational db sys (PostgreSQL preferred), srvr-side appl sw (Java/ PHP/Ruby) & Java client pgrms to assure qual & accuracy of info deliv in distrbtd & mobile environ. MS in CS.
Giving Notice was originally posted by "hellboy"...
When I gave my two-week notice, I told my boss that my last day will be the 29th of September. He said that he'd take the weekend to think about, as if he was considering whether or not to accept my resignation.
The following Monday, he sat with me to review my schedule. After a tedious process of telling me everything that I already knew that I had to do, he said, and I quote, "Oh yah, and I'm going to have you stay through the first week of October. You're cheaper as an employee rather than a consultant."
I can't say that I was shocked by this, but it was rather annoying. I reminded him that my last day would be the 29th. The boss was appalled, saying that "he told me" that I'd be working through the first week of October. I told him that it was the 29th, or today. He just got up and left.
That's probably true. At least two of the NDAs I've signed had language like, "In the event of a breach of confidentiality, the damage to the core business may be so severe that financial restitution may not be sufficient." WTF does that mean? Would I have to kill myself if I divulged their secrets? They get to hit me with mallets until I forget what I did there? Maybe I'd have to go back to work for them if I broke the clause. Actually, maybe that's what they do want. One place fired the owner and changed the business model. He's suing to get control of the company back, including the employment of every person who was on staff before he got fired. |
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"You can't quit, you're fired! Starting in three weeks."
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