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Tribalism at Sirius ‘Open Source’

Sirius ‘Open Source': Three's Company

Summary: Sirius ‘Open Source’ has a severe case of nepotism and obscene case of hiring unqualified people based on 'bedroom politics'; pointing this out to a friend outside the company is impressible, even if this endemic issue leads to technical issues and low employee morale

THE nepotism at Sirius was almost tolerable until colleagues found out they had been denied access to certain systems that far less qualified and barely-experienced colleagues were able to access. And why? Bedroom politics.



"The company's management wasn't willing to tackle the problem and instead viewed critics as the problem."Bedroom politics is a recurring theme at Sirius and it's further exacerbated by the fact that we're talking about people without relevant qualifications and experience, having the audacity to suggest that people who work in daytime (like two bedroom partners) should be paid more than technical staff that's on the beat all night long (with further disturbance to sleeping patterns owing to shift alternations about 6 times per month, akin to jetlag with all the lasting health implications).

"Sirius is going to find out that covering up abuses is a short-term strategy and a terrible technique/method for quelling dissent."The company's management wasn't willing to tackle the problem and instead viewed critics as the problem. Even if those critics merely discussed the matter outside of work without even naming the company or the people.

Sirius is going to find out that covering up abuses is a short-term strategy and a terrible technique/method for quelling dissent. It'll all come out eventually. As noted in the report below, the company already has a history when it comes to that and it already resulted in major staff exodus; the reputation of the company cannot be redeemed by creating more and more "shells" as people inevitably find out who's who (or where they came from).




As it stands, several employees have a romantic relationship and in spite of inadequate skills one trio of workers (with a very unconventional love affair, akin to a wife swap and love triangle) enjoy privileged access to some systems that more veteran colleagues cannot access. It's perfectly clear that some people make all the decisions behind closed doors and some are denied any influence whatsoever because they are not part of the "clique" or the literal family. Career progression is not based on merits but a facade thereof. If it's about who one knows who (or sleeps with who), then this degrades the image of the company, at least internally. One of the trio suggested lowering the salary of the nighttime Support Team, which her two other halfs aren't part of. That's rather offensive and can repulse those who really deserve double the salary for working overnight.

To quote or to paraphrase Roy and Rianne's replies to threatening messages:

Dear all,

I believe I was unfairly treated on several grounds, including relevant protocols pertaining to several aspects. I will spare you the details but can elaborate if needed.

Here is the gist of the issues:

1. No due process 2. Verbal/oral distortion of claims 3. You misrepresented alleged evidence, but conveniently presented it as facts to my wife 4. No hard evidence presented (just a reference to a handbook we lack a copy of) 5. Rather gross accusation inflation against a person whom you did not even speak to

There are more points, but I shall keep this brief.

The company has a history doing this to couples, e.g. one blind colleague based in Germany; it was very serious and it went to court, based on a trusted source (it cost the company and/or its Directors -- ⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆ and ⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆ -- a lot of money, as went on for a long time; allegedly got settled at the end but injured the company).

We visited lawyers on Friday and on Monday. We spoke about the facts in length and have a good understanding of our rights.

We agreed that we don't yet wish to escalate this matter and would rather settle amicably.

Regards,

Roy,

[Your longest-serving employee (aside from the founder)]





Actually, as we recently discovered, he's not even the founder but more of an opportunist. As we shall show later (some time next month), it's even worse than this.

Sirius will find out the hard way that Sirius should have stayed true to its mission instead of straying to Microsoft's orgy territories.

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