Half of what's left of the company is basically a family
Summary: Sirius ‘Open Source’ has become a minuscule company that's unable to serve clients and is shamelessly lying to what remains of its client base; Human Resources (HR) is missing in action (MIA), so the operations are improvised and detached from the Rule of Law
TWO DAYS remain until the end of the year and the end of my last month at Sirius -- a company that I joined in February 2011. Most of my time at the company was OK, but things took a drastic turn for the worse around 2019 or a little earlier (it was like a Sarin cluster bomb; see image to the right). There was a glimmer of hope (that things would improve) at the end of 2020 owing to a managerial shuffle, but such hopes were short-lived and overly optimistic. The person who was meant to ameliorate matters resorted to finger-pointing and cover-up at the end of 2021, culminating in fierce arguments over legality, truth, ethics, and various technical aspects.
"The person who was meant to ameliorate matters resorted to finger-pointing and cover-up at the end of 2021, culminating in fierce arguments over legality, truth, ethics, and various technical aspects."The differences became irreconcilable in November of this year and at the start of December I deposited a report that I had prepared with my wife for a few days. It was almost 50 pages in length, accurately highlighting the abuse we had encountered in recent years.
We regret to say that Sirius doesn't stand a chance of surviving. It's run by dishonest people who don't know what they're doing and they're moreover unable/unwilling to listen to important stakeholders.
"We regret to say that Sirius doesn't stand a chance of surviving."At the moment it is unclear where the company is based or where to send legal papers to. The 'UK' CEO is sending envelopes without a return address, the other CEO lives in some unspecified address in another country (colleagues haven't seen him for about half a decade), and the company's registered address changed three times this past autumn (both the company and the awkward subsidiary attached to it -- more on that another day), so the only address for the company is in fact some accountancy firm that deals with salaries.
Sirius will mostly be remembered by us as a company that originally strived to spread and support Free and Open Source software... years before it became so desperate for cash that it started lying and outsourcing everything (in spite of strong opposition from staff).
From the report sent to our employer on December 1st: