At Sirius Open Source the Bosses Are Convinced They're Superheroes (But They Make Giant Mistakes)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-12-23 05:16:57 UTC
- Modified: 2022-12-23 05:16:57 UTC
Bullying and corporate negligence
Summary: Sirius ‘Open Source’ has become a company where bosses don't respond to important E-mails from staff, claim to have no time to talk (or evade calls), but they still find sufficient time to surf the Web for weeks, looking for low-grade 'dirt' on workers whom they don't wish to pay
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