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This feels like theft. Maybe not technically legally but the people who did the chatting aren't getting the money. Capitalist hellscape
The employer owns everything you produce at work. Documents, code, emails, everything.
The people doing the chatting already got a paycheck for the chatting (among others).
Yes that is the legal justification. I am not interested in the legal justification. Laws are not inherently good. They were clearly paid less than their worth if there's six figure payouts to be had here.
This is the fundamental injustice of capitalism. The owner pays you a small amount and keeps all the profits. A child would recognize that as unfair.
That's right, a child. Adults behave differently, fortunately.
FTFY. The only reason why it is this way is because people keep thinking it's the only or the best way. It is possible to have a fair and just system, it only means that billionaires and the upper 0.001% don't get to exist, which is a rather fair trade off is you ask me.