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Sirius 'Open Source' a Victim of Mismanagement and Sellout

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Summary: The managers at Sirius 'Open Source' have been bullying staff since 2019, even more so after the Gates Foundation passed money to the CEO under an NDA (while the company created a new shell in Washington); today we examine why the NDA was, in effect, very much like a bribe (or two bribes, depending on the kind of NDA) and then examine one memorable example of management abusing depressed and ill geeks

FOR a number of years already we've discussed NDAs as a form of bribery. NDAs should probably not be legal at all; people who use NDAs extensively cause harm; they typically engage in criminal business activities, which they're desperate to hide (from the public, authorities etc.), so they pay 'hush money' in advance).



"White-collar criminals love NDAs."The video above discusses this post from 3 hours ago and explains why I've generally come to the conclusion that many types of NDA are indistinguishable from bribes. Had there been no strings attached, I'd be able to give more concrete evidence of what happened in 2019. I got a hint of it only once and Rianne was a witness too. She heard what the CEO told us. I did not record it, but in hindsight I ought to have recorded it (had I known in advance). This was never mentioned in writing after that (or before that). I suppose that verbal mention was itself a violation of the NDA, but maybe the CEO hoped nobody would notice. White-collar criminals love NDAs.

Yes! I still rememberEither way, the main topic of the above video is how a colleague of mine, a highly technical person, was persistently bullied by vicious 'managers' without any relevant training. We never forgot this. We'll always remember.

If you work in a company governed by trolls and managed by their cronies, get out for your own sake. It only goes downhill from there. Companies cannot recover from this and sellouts worsen things. They're a final act of desperation, milking what's left of the brand's past reputation.

"Pearly Gates and Em-Ballmer
One promises you heaven and the other prepares you for the grave."

--Ray Noorda, Novell CEO and Chairman

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