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Shutting Down Clear Linux OS

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125 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 18 Jul 25 23:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.414s | source
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Havoc ◴[19 Jul 25 00:22 UTC] No.44611329[source]▶
>Effective immediately,

>we strongly recommend planning your migration

Not even a brief period of advance notice to do a migration? Just one day no more security patches...

wth is going on over at intel

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curt15 ◴[19 Jul 25 00:25 UTC] No.44611349[source]▶
How much notice did ppl get when sacked?
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nine_k ◴[19 Jul 25 01:21 UTC] No.44611667[source]▶
From my experience, none. "Utterly unfortunately, today was your last day with the company. A separation agreement has been sent to your personal email. Your corporate access is being revoked. Thank you for your contribution!"

Being fired for poor performance is all about ample warnings, issuing a PIP, etc. The company wants the employee back on track. Being laid off is a situation that an employee cannot fix with their efforts. There's no incentive to work this week if it is already known that you are going to be laid off next week, but some employees might consider a prank or even minor sabotage as a helpless act of protest. It's safest to dismiss the laid-off ASAP.

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1. dontlaugh ◴[19 Jul 25 03:20 UTC] No.44612291[source]▶
It’s also not legal in much of the world to do that, thankfully. There’s weeks/months to negotiate collectively with the company, possibly organise a strike with those not at risk of redundancy or even just to say goodbye to coworkers.
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2. nine_k ◴[19 Jul 25 05:24 UTC] No.44612807[source]▶
This works if you have a trade union. I'd hazard to say that at least 99% of software engineers in the US work on "at-will" employment agreements, and do not belong to any unions.

A separation agreement usually stipulates paying 2-3 months worth of salary, and extending the benefits similarly. I don't see how it is worse than spending a couple of extra weeks in the office, and receiving the same.

(Also note that employees that are harder to lay off also get hired with much more reluctance.)