Paid More Not to Work (Young, Brilliant, and Wrong: Part 8)

Coming Up Together with Ash

When I joined the company, I’d signed my contract without thinking about it. Now I was wising up due to confusing remarks Ash made, such as, “Bonus pool’s down again—I worked the last six months for free.” We were on different contracts because Ash was technically a developer, and furthermore he had refused to sign the updated contracts they’d presented everyone. I don’t know what fault he found with it, because I felt mine was unnecessarily generous—definitely above the industry standard. Ash basically said he didn’t care if they fired him. They folded to his bet, or more likely HR/legal…

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