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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 8034331" data-attributes="member: 7808"><p>Yeah, I read the first post in that. The problem is that some of it is just so vague, and it's hard to separate real complaints from cultural* ones.</p><p></p><p>Stuff like "I realized at one point that leadership had given me 2 assignments over about 5 months. It was mostly me asking project leads for work, searching out opportunities. Leadership didnt really care about me or my growth. I had to.". You may call that a grim picture. To me, that sounds like exactly how I expect a large company to interact with a contractor. Stuff like "Every angry statement about D&D felt personal because I couldn't fix it." sounds like Orion just wasn't a good fit for a company like Hasbro. There's nothing wrong with that on either side.</p><p></p><p>OTOH, stuff like "I found out that some of my work was stolen, which destroyed me." is a much more real and specific problem. But it's also a very vague statement. Was it work he did as a contractor that was used and he wasn't paid for? Was it a colleague taking an idea (and if so, how much of the idea was stolen and how well formed was it when it was stolen)? This could be really bad, but it could also be a giant nothingburger.</p><p></p><p>I asked for more information largely because I felt like that thread really didn't have a lot of answers. It seems like there still aren't.</p><p></p><p>*Edit: I meant business culture here. Realized on a re-read that this could be taken quite differently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 8034331, member: 7808"] Yeah, I read the first post in that. The problem is that some of it is just so vague, and it's hard to separate real complaints from cultural* ones. Stuff like "I realized at one point that leadership had given me 2 assignments over about 5 months. It was mostly me asking project leads for work, searching out opportunities. Leadership didnt really care about me or my growth. I had to.". You may call that a grim picture. To me, that sounds like exactly how I expect a large company to interact with a contractor. Stuff like "Every angry statement about D&D felt personal because I couldn't fix it." sounds like Orion just wasn't a good fit for a company like Hasbro. There's nothing wrong with that on either side. OTOH, stuff like "I found out that some of my work was stolen, which destroyed me." is a much more real and specific problem. But it's also a very vague statement. Was it work he did as a contractor that was used and he wasn't paid for? Was it a colleague taking an idea (and if so, how much of the idea was stolen and how well formed was it when it was stolen)? This could be really bad, but it could also be a giant nothingburger. I asked for more information largely because I felt like that thread really didn't have a lot of answers. It seems like there still aren't. *Edit: I meant business culture here. Realized on a re-read that this could be taken quite differently. [/QUOTE]
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