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[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

11-month trial period

Jesus, fuck

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yeah I read that and started thinking of the various ways it's dependency-inducing

stopped after the first 4~5 big ones because that already really hurt to think about

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago

In France it was standard for the 7 month trial period and that was just horrible. Just horrible. So many firings would happen within days of the period ending, the barrier between no warning required and a shit ton of notice and compensation. Political nightmare and 7 months of anxiety in the backstabbiest of tech workplaces I’ve seen