Ex-Linus Tech Tips employee alleges mistreatment and poor conditions: “no one gets a break” - Dexerto::undefined

  • @[email protected]
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    861 year ago

    No vacation days in the first 12 months. Then 2 weeks of vacation per year, three weeks after 5 years of consecutive employment.

    Damn, I’m happy to live and work in Europe right now, assuming that these are comparable numbers across the North American job landscape.

    “Linus Media Group believes that vacation is a necessary opportunity for people to relax, refresh and recharge.” LMAO

    The rules on sick leave look quite awful as well.

    • @Eldritch
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      131 year ago

      Oh, it’s worse here in the US. Much worse.

    • @[email protected]
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      121 year ago

      Some people have pointed out, that this seems to be a normal vacation policy within Canada. Still a shitty policy, but I wouldn’t put the majority blame on LMG for this specific issue.

      • Quokka
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        1 year ago

        They’re entirely to blame for it at LMG.

        I highly doubt Canada has a law against doing more than the bare legal minimum.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Why not blame Canada for their shitty laws? If you had a business, you might just be doing the same

          • Quokka
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            41 year ago

            Because Linus controls LMG, he can’t change the laws of Canada but he can offer more than he is.

            And no I wouldn’t. If I owned a business, I wouldn’t because I’d have made it a worker run co-op. Not everyone is a greedy capitalist parasite.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              There’s a reason the absolutely majority of businesses isn’t run like that, and it’s not because all people suck.

              Two reasons, actually.

              1. These people (who do not suck) often don’t really have what it takes to run a successful business. It’s a hard endeavor, especially in the beginning, and often if you don’t do the bare minimum, you die.

              2. As you grow, having 10 clashing opinions is a paralyzing disaster for a company. Solution is to have a CEO/owner whatever, one voice to rule, but at that point, is it really that co-op you dream about?

      • @[email protected]
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        81 year ago

        This is the minimum is Canada, but 3-4 week is more common in many industries. So if they could give less, they probably would.