Ex-Linus Tech Tips employee alleges mistreatment and poor conditions: “no one gets a break” - Dexerto::undefined

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        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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        You’re literally required to report bullying to management, but apparently the response is someone telling you to stop being such a bitch.

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        Some of this is very boilerplate handbook wording but I gotta say some of these benefits are very average at best, especially the time off situation. This is from the perspective of a US government worker, where I regularly see my friends get hired in the private sector and receive much better time off.

        And at least in southern New England, there’s some straight up illegal rules in here, notably discussion of wages. Around here you cannot be ordered by anyone not to disclose what you make.

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            I think the policy is pretty weak for such a well-loved (up until this week) company. Guess that’s the way the industry works: put up with mediocre pay and benefits because you’re “doing what you love,” or if I’m feeling really jaded I’d say something like “abusing the workers’ passions for the industry.”