Chances are you’re probably pretty pumped if you land a job at Apple. But just in case you need an extra kick in the berries, this is the inspirational note waiting for you on your first day of work.
RIM is dying, sure. But what’s a demise without a few good death throes? On the heels of yesterday’s scathing anonymous teardown of the BlackBerry maker – and RIM’s counterpoint – comes a new wave of malcontented employees. BGR’s got more grumblings from the BlackBerry’s underbelly. [BGR]
Life in the Googleplex has a fairy tale allure: gourmet food! Ski trips! Giant dessert statues popping up out of nowhere every six months! And if working for the company seems like some alternaworld fantasy dreamscape, well, it kind of is. Just not, it turns out, for everyone.
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And here I thought Burger King was the classy fast food establishment! Oh wait that’s Wendy’s. Anywho, two California Burger King employees were fired for printing “FUCK YOU” on a customer’s receipt. Watch local reporters take the matter very seriously.
Despite Foxconn allegedly asking all employees to sign contracts promising not to kill themselves, another worker has jumped out of a building window. This came hours after Foxconn’s CEO was boasting to press of the fabulous facilities at the factories.