Just got fired today and I don't know why
Been at this company for 4 months as a data engineer. When I started their codebase was a mess. All the code was in one folder with subfolders, the scripts were dependent on one another even if they didn’t share the domain problem, their version control was “call the IT guy to grab the backup”. In the first few months I...
Bill Nye the Union Guy ✊️
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Stop blaming (i.imgur.com)
They lied (i.imgur.com)
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avoid burnout! quit your job!
Kevin Bacon joins picket as studio horror stories go viral - Writer's Guild Strike (www.independent.co.uk)
Retail employers wants you to cover employee's 10 to 20% income via tips and NPR is on board (www.npr.org)
I sympathize with the barista here, but mindset that customers need to cover 10 to 20% of his income is symptom of decades of brainwashing of employees and customers alike. In this case NPR is part of this brainwashing. I will not tip someone for doing their job. I will only tip when I feel it is needed based on the service...
A 10-day UPS strike could cost the US economy $7.1 billion. That could make it the costliest work stoppage ever in US history, according to an estimate from a Michigan economic research firm that s... (edition.cnn.com)
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To get a raise or promotion, you're going to need more than tenure — you're going to need to create additional value or increase your scope of work (www.businessinsider.com)
Original title: Stop thinking tenure gets you promotions — it doesn’t. A former senior leader at Amazon explains what actually works....
immigrants (i.ibb.co)
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CHICK-FIL-A CAN SUCK IT, BUT THE FORMAT IS SOUND (i.imgur.com)
CHICK-FIL-A CAN SUCK IT, BUT THE FORMAT IS SOUND: media.mstdn.social/cache/…/c25d5cfb2bd52122.jpgbeige.party/
Wabtec workers, day 23 on strike against a company that refuses to cover workers' basic needs (Photo credit: "UE Members 506" FB) (lemmy.world)
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Tech Workers Coalition onboarding meeting - Thursday Sep 20th, 5pm PT - Register now! (us02web.zoom.us)
PPP loans (Edit: stimulus checks totaled a little over $800 billion) (i.ibb.co)
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Inigo Montoya has joined the picket line (i.imgur.com)
Inigo Montoya has joined the picket line 😊 media.mstdn.social/…/6b19b0fcff608463.jpgmstdn.social/
Crabtree-Ireland said the studios’ proposal called for background actors to be scanned and paid for a day’s work (i.imgur.com)
CEO-to-worker pay ratio went from 20-to-1 in the 1960s to about 400-to-1 now. (i.imgur.com)
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Chipotle welcomes you to the age of robot guacamole - Avocado prep time could be cut in half, but it still won't change the price (www.theregister.com)
Unhappy with the speed at which human workers prep avocados, Chipotle has introduced a robot to get the guacamole going....
Don't know if this content belongs here, but I just think this is awful in so many levels. (www.theverge.com)
Stop complaining, says billionaire investor Charlie Munger (i.ibb.co)
Sometimes Wikipedia has the best explanations. (en.wikipedia.org)
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