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Sirius Management Either Trying to Bribe Us (for Censorship) or Lying to Us, Thereby Profoundly Damaging the Company

Roy did not take my xmas bribe



Summary: After 'sitting' on his own letter for an entire weekend the CEO of Sirius ‘Open Source’ LTD (not the newer shell, "Sirius Open Source Inc.") decided to send a harmful letter, incorrectly asserting that former staff cannot speak about the company (that's a lie) and even trying to offer money (which he said was deserved but was never actually paid)

SHOWING THE FINAL LETTER from managers -- a letter regarding our resignation (not sent the day it was written; it was sent 3 days later!) -- we want to demonstrate what a self-defeating waste of paper that was. We dropped a hint on the eighteenth of December. Now we have the almost full thing (more personal/sensitive parts redacted).



Letter sent to Roy more than a week after leaving:

Roy's resignation page 1: There is no such thing; Nothing was paid; they had us sign another; a decade out of date; Those terms are clearly applicable only while employed; stuff inapplicable after departure; It is not defamatory if it's true and honest; you are not my boss; The Company does that on its own



Roy's resignation page 2: There is no such thing; Nothing was paid; they had us sign another; a decade out of date; Those terms are clearly applicable only while employed; stuff inapplicable after departure; It is not defamatory if it's true and honest; you are not my boss; The Company does that on its own



Roy's resignation page 3: There is no such thing; Nothing was paid; they had us sign another; a decade out of date; Those terms are clearly applicable only while employed; stuff inapplicable after departure; It is not defamatory if it's true and honest; you are not my boss; The Company does that on its own



Letter sent to Rianne over a week after resigning (she did not say or write anything; she had done nothing):

Rianne's resignation page 1: Choosing one of the many shells du jour; He only sent it the following week! Nothing was ever paid, it smells like a 'bribe'; He sat on this letter for 3 days. Basically copy-paste of  a letter to Roy. And he forgot to change the name! 100% inapplicable to former staff. He is basically lying. LIE. LIE. Nothing was paid. If nothing was owed, it seems like a bribe. Company with hardly anyone left. He destroys what's left. Is he talking to Roy or to Rianne? Rianne never published anything! Copy-paste of a letter takes them 3 days.



Rianne's resignation page 2: Choosing one of the many shells du jour; He only sent it the following week! Nothing was ever paid, it smells like a 'bribe'; He sat on this letter for 3 days. Basically copy-paste of  a letter to Roy. And he forgot to change the name! 100% inapplicable to former staff. He is basically lying. LIE. LIE. Nothing was paid. If nothing was owed, it seems like a bribe. Company with hardly anyone left. He destroys what's left. Is he talking to Roy or to Rianne? Rianne never published anything! Copy-paste of a letter takes them 3 days.



Rianne's resignation page 3: Choosing one of the many shells du jour; He only sent it the following week! Nothing was ever paid, it smells like a 'bribe'; He sat on this letter for 3 days. Basically copy-paste of  a letter to Roy. And he forgot to change the name! 100% inapplicable to former staff. He is basically lying. LIE. LIE. Nothing was paid. If nothing was owed, it seems like a bribe. Company with hardly anyone left. He destroys what's left. Is he talking to Roy or to Rianne? Rianne never published anything! Copy-paste of a letter takes them 3 days.



They basically offer money we're not owed. Notice how they said the same to my wife.

Here are the now-reused screenshots (redacted):

Sirius ‘Open Source’ letter



Sirius ‘Open Source’ threat



It's hardly even ambiguous.

"And leaving the company run by a liar is a case of "good riddance"."So, Mr. former/ex-boss, if you are serious about us being entitled to holiday pay after leaving, then why were those payments not made to either of us? Dodging the liabilities to staff again?

If we're not really legally entitled to such payments, then you basically just lied in an effort to bribe us into silence.

Either way, this is really awful. And leaving the company run by a liar is a case of "good riddance".

"Regarding other stuff he's trying to make up, notice prior to resignation is inapplicable under the given circumstances."As noted above, there is no such thing as a "cool-off" period, so they are just improvising, making things up, flinging crap at the wall, hoping that something might eventually stick.

Regarding other stuff he's trying to make up, a notice prior to resignation is inapplicable under the given circumstances. We left at the right time and they were legally obliged to respect our decision to leave, paying us for the days that we worked.

In this particular case, Sirius would be wiser to just say nothing. The above shows that the company either offers a bribe or is lying. It can't be neither of those things.

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