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Ex-Linus Tech Tips employee alleges mistreatment and poor conditions: “no one gets a break” - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
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Ex-Linus Tech Tips employee alleges mistreatment and poor conditions: “no one gets a break” - Dexerto::undefined

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[–] 86 points 3 years ago (3 children)

No vacation days in the first 12 months. Then 2 weeks of vacation per year, three weeks after 5 years of consecutive employment.

Damn, I'm happy to live and work in Europe right now, assuming that these are comparable numbers across the North American job landscape.

"Linus Media Group believes that vacation is a necessary opportunity for people to relax, refresh and recharge." LMAO

The rules on sick leave look quite awful as well.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Jesus, I get 5 weeks instantly every year and I can buy more with salary

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Some people have pointed out, that this seems to be a normal vacation policy within Canada. Still a shitty policy, but I wouldn't put the majority blame on LMG for this specific issue.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    They’re entirely to blame for it at LMG.

    I highly doubt Canada has a law against doing more than the bare legal minimum.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Why not blame Canada for their shitty laws? If you had a business, you might just be doing the same

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Because Linus controls LMG, he can’t change the laws of Canada but he can offer more than he is.

    And no I wouldn’t. If I owned a business, I wouldn’t because I’d have made it a worker run co-op. Not everyone is a greedy capitalist parasite.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    There's a reason the absolutely majority of businesses isn't run like that, and it's not because all people suck.

    Two reasons, actually.

    1. These people (who do not suck) often don't really have what it takes to run a successful business. It's a hard endeavor, especially in the beginning, and often if you don't do the bare minimum, you die.

    2. As you grow, having 10 clashing opinions is a paralyzing disaster for a company. Solution is to have a CEO/owner whatever, one voice to rule, but at that point, is it really that co-op you dream about?

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