Wednesday, January 4th, 2023, 4:34 pm
Sirius Bribing, Lying, or Both (in an Effort to Silence Disgruntled Staff)
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Summary: After ‘sitting’ on his own letter for an entire weekend the CEO of Sirius ‘Open Source’ LTD (not the newer shell, “Sirius Open Source Inc.”) decided to send a harmful letter, incorrectly asserting that former staff cannot speak about the company (that’s a lie) and even trying to offer money (which he said was deserved but was never actually paid)
SHOWING THE FINAL LETTER from managers — a letter regarding our resignation (not sent the day it was written; it was sent 3 days later!) — we want to demonstrate what a self-defeating waste of paper that was. We dropped a hint on the eighteenth of December. Now we have the almost full thing (more personal/sensitive parts redacted).
Letter sent to Roy more than a week after leaving:
Letter sent to Rianne over a week after resigning (she did not say or write anything; she had done nothing):
They basically offer money we’re not owed. Notice how they said the same to my wife.
Here are the now-reused screenshots (redacted):
It’s hardly even ambiguous.
So, Mr. former/ex-boss, if you are serious about us being entitled to holiday pay after leaving, then why were those payments not made to either of us? Dodging the liabilities to staff again?
If we’re not really legally entitled to such payments, then you basically just lied in an effort to bribe us into silence.
Either way, this is really awful. And leaving the company run by a liar is a case of “good riddance”.
As noted above, there is no such thing as a “cool-off” period, so they are just improvising, making things up, flinging crap at the wall, hoping that something might eventually stick.
Regarding other stuff he’s trying to make up, a notice prior to resignation is inapplicable under the given circumstances. We left at the right time and they were legally obliged to respect our decision to leave, paying us for the days that we worked.
In this particular case, Sirius would be wiser to just say nothing. The above shows that the company either offers a bribe or is lying. It can’t be neither of those things.
