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Some Microsoft employees fume over the company's open offer to hire hundreds of OpenAI staff (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Some Microsoft employees fume over the company's open offer to hire hundreds of OpenAI staff::Current employees point to layoffs and a salary freeze this year at Microsoft and wonder why it's promising to match the pay of OpenAI staff.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In Finland this would be illegal. Firing employees requires reason, and if the reason for firing was "cost cutting", the old employee must be hired back first before new can be hired. There are of course some time limits.

This is what unions do for you.