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You know you have a bad company when you fire people who would sneak in to do more work after they're not being paid anymore

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But he wasn't fired. His project was cancelled so Apple offered him to work on something else and he declined.

I don't get why the manager would want to throw him out though. A capable employee working for free sounds like every managers dream.

A facilities manager was the one who wanted to throw him out. They've got a very different mindset. Software & hardware managers actively aided his cause.

If management knows he's working for free they probably are vulnerable to all kinds of labor problems.

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