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Loki Aftermath Looks Bad
einer writes "Things look mighty bad for Loki employees. From this article it appears that some of them haven't seen a paycheck since late 2000. Perhaps the most telling part of the article is contained in a parenthetical near the bottom of the page: "A single employee is listed in creditor filings as being owed almost $350,000 in unpaid salary and in expenses the company incurred using the employee's credit card."" there's a lot of not-so-happy-stuff in this article.
Could this employee not file a dispute with his or her credit card issuer? Or is there a 'statute of limitations' of sorts in typical card-issuer fine print?
i am a soviet space shuttle
The stink about the credit card was mentioned before on slashdot. It was used to fund payroll, I'd link to the slashdot article but I think it was in comments to another Loki article.
From the article:
"Founded by California intellectual property lawyer..."
Contrary to popular belief, coding is not all free blow-jobs and beer. Those things cost MONEY!
It's not about the money, man. They were working for the power and the glory of Linux. If Microsoft didn't control the low-rent housing industry, they could have paid their rent with peer respect and bought their groceries with good will.
I think you missed the point. I'm not saying that working for Microsoft would be bad at all - except for the fact that your morals have to be slightly skewed to be comfortable with such employment.
And if you want a horror story, I got one word for ya: Ballmer.
Where is my paycheck?
You don't need to see a paycheck.
I don't need to see a paycheck.
You don't need to be reimbursed for your credit card purchases.
I don't need to be reimbursed for my credit card purchses.
You can go back to your cubicle.
I can go back to my cubicle.
Move along.
Employee shuffles off.
True - not to mention, it probably looks pretty darn impressive on a resume for your next job if you show that you were that dedicated to completing the project(s) at hand.
That's one "fringe benefit" of programming for a living: While you crank out work for your employer, you also better yourself. Sometimes, the things you learn are worth much more than your paycheck.
Step One: Port Games to Linux ..
Step Two:
Step Three: Profit!
..There's a-dooin's a-transpirin'
Founded by California intellectual property lawyer Scott Draeker
I think that says it all.
-SS "Teach the ignorant, care for the dumb, and punish the stupid."
Yeah, as an employer I'm always impressed by a potential employee's willingness to take it up the ass for me. I don't want intelligent employees that know how to judge a situation for what it is and make the RIGHT decision. Nah, my company will be much better off if all my employees are fools.
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Dilbert does, and this is why. You might get jabbed with a spork, but accounting will pay your expenses if you are pleasant but persistant. Visit Heck now, or live in Hell later. Also, when you are owed more money than the company's quarterly revenue it's a bad sign.
I can just hear the credit card company now:
So, you loaned large sums of money to an insolvent company that was named Loki, after the Norse God of Evil and Mischief? And they haven't paid you back? Who would have guessed?
How much more warning do people need?