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BBC UK
Apr Member 2011

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So, i saw this on twitter:

http://i.imgur.com/EVxhddv.png

Wikipedia says this:

"Garden leave or gardening leave describes the practice where an employee leaving a job – having resigned or otherwise had their employment terminated – is instructed to stay away from work during the notice period, while still remaining on the payroll."

and also this:

"The term originated in the British Civil Service where employees had the right to request special leave for exceptional purposes. "Gardening leave" became a euphemism for " suspended " as an employee who was formally suspended pending an investigation into their conduct would often request to be out of the office on special leave instead."

So, what i got from this:

- it means you are suspended by someone "superior" in the business, for example by your boss.

What does it exactly mean in this case? Was he fired? I thought he was the CEO of the company, and I thought "CEO" means the highest person in the company.

17-Jan-2015 18:25:18

Wilf
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He put in his resignation a while ago but was contracted until beginning of this year I think.

The board probably accepted it and put him on garden leave until the contract ended.
Why? I don't know maybe he really did disagree a lot with the pushing of micro transactions and finally felt enough was enough.

The threads with the most info on this have probably fallen off the forum.

I'll have a look for anything you might find interesting later.

17-Jan-2015 18:44:09

Hevilmystic
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Isn't "Garden Leave" when you aren't allowed into work in case you see future plans in the business, etc?

Since Jagex's updates are planned months ahead, he has to have an X amount of time period where the stuff he knows becomes public knowledge, so anything he could leak would've already been public knowledge?

And even if he did leak anything between the 4th of October and the 31st of December, he'd still be in breech of contract.

Not sure how to word it, but I think that's what it is.

Edit:

Both of these give a little explanation:

http://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/2i9lbd/mmg_done_with_all_work_at_jagex_on_garden_leave/cl07pxb?context=10000

http://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/2r0ceo/this_needs_to_stop_and_it_needs_to_stop_now/ Unslain Bosses - Clan

17-Jan-2015 19:10:42 - Last edited on 17-Jan-2015 19:13:12 by Hevilmystic

Avogadro

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Hevilmystic said :


http://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/2i9lbd/mmg_done_with_all_work_at_jagex_on_garden_leave/cl07pxb?context=10000

http://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/2r0ceo/this_needs_to_stop_and_it_needs_to_stop_now/

Never cite reddit lol 7:^]

17-Jan-2015 19:21:15

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Avogadro said :
Hevilmystic said :


http://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/2i9lbd/mmg_done_with_all_work_at_jagex_on_garden_leave/cl07pxb?context=10000

http://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/2r0ceo/this_needs_to_stop_and_it_needs_to_stop_now/

Never cite reddit lol
What is this a research paper lol
"Why are you posting threads, asking questions and making discussion???"


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17-Jan-2015 21:46:03

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