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Tell me about the time you were "fired" for taking a vacation that your boss approved?


I requested PTO to attend a family wedding. My boss approved. While I was out on PTO, during an exec meeting, the CEO asked my boss about the status of the project I was on. Boss forgot or neglected to mention I was on PTO, and the CEO reminded him of that, and my boss was pissed that he looked foolish.

The day I returned, I was called into a meeting with HR and my boss, and berated for going on vacation without informing my boss (who again, approved my PTO), nor informing my team (a categorical lie). Later, my position was eliminated.


That actually does look beautiful


What are you verifying?


For those out of the loop, who are the billionaire programmer and C royalty people in this link?


The linked comment is authored by the CEO of Shopify; the top-level comment in this thread is the .. what would you say, author/originator/founder of Redis. (And maybe/presumably more widely known in C-land for other projects or contributions, idk.)


I also looked at the threads and had no idea who they were referencing.


Tobi is the founder of Shopify.


Tobi Shopify and antirez (redis etc)


Dig a deep, deep pit and bury it all?

Build a really tall pipe and push it all into space?


Or dump it in water for reclamation (or use what you dig from the pit to do that).


Maybe... But isn't your view also very dismissive of their experience and the constraints and context of their experience?

By far, most companies above a certain size do not operate in a way where these principles do not apply.


It is still a feature in Vivaldi, Opera's spiritual successor.


Wikipedia agrees

'The station uses New Zealand time (UTC+12 during standard time and UTC+13 during daylight saving time) since all flights to McMurdo station depart from Christchurch and, therefore, all official travel from the pole goes through New Zealand.'

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South...


Do you have the link by any chance?


Haven't used it but it sounds like this feature would work?

https://paisa.fyi/reference/budget/


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