I was laid off from Microsoft after 23 years, and I'm still going into the office. I feel responsible for my team and customers.
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Freddy Kristiansen, 59, was laid off in May after 23 years working for Microsoft's Denmark office. He's still turning up to the office.

This is a whole new level of subservience.

  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
    4·
    10時間前

    Dude has mental health issues. Are his friends/family encouraging him to see someone about that ?

  • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
    471·
    20時間前

    Tldr: They’re still being paid until November because they live in Denmark and they actually have worker protection laws there. So it’s definitely silly that they’re still coming in and working, but they’re definitely not a “slave”.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
      21·
      20時間前

      Good labour laws can foster a work culture that can make people feel dedicated to their line of work, and give them room to wind down projects rather than be cut off inmediately.

      He admits he made some bad decisions:

      One of those decisions was working my butt off for years. Nobody told me to spend 20 hours on weekends or to work as hard as I did, but I did it because it felt like the right thing to do.

      • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
        7·
        13時間前

        who could have thought that giving workers good conditions would make them work better 🤔

    • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
      91·
      18時間前

      He’s a slave in the same sense that almost all of us are: a wage slave. What sets him apart is that he’s also a fool for giving his former master months of free labor.

      • Regna@lemmy.world
        14·
        17時間前

        It’s not months of free labour. He is still contractually obligated to do his job until the end of his notice period. I have the same rules in place. I have to give my employer three months notice if I decide to leave, but they have to give me six months notice if they decide to let me go. The duration can be negotiated. During those months, I will do my very best to finish my projects or prepare them to be passed on to colleagues. I am still being paid, but my employer can also give me the option to just take the time off, paid, and not come into work any more.

        Unions, people, protect your unions and they might just protect you.

        • juliebean@lemmy.zip
          6·
          9時間前

          I was laid off in May, and per Danish law, as an employee of over nine years, I have a six-month notice period. I’ve been relieved of my duties, but I am still officially an employee until the end of November.

          Emphasis mine. Seems like he doesn’t have to keep working, in his case.

  • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    8·
    17時間前

    However, I’m at the stage of life where I’m no longer interested in working 60-hour weeks.

    I’ve literally never felt like putting in 60 hour weeks, but I also am salaried. I get out of the office ASAP.