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Apparently, the company posted on their facebook that they are taking legal action against OP as: "a disgruntled former employee who has launched a slanderous c
by mugenjin9 10y ago
Apparently, the company posted on their facebook that they are taking legal action against OP as: "a disgruntled former employee who has launched a slanderous campaign against WrkRiot and some of its employees via social media". https://www.facebook.com/WrkRiot/ https://www.facebook.com/WrkRiot/
- readitmeow 10y agoThey just took down the facebook page edit: its back up
- mugenjin9 10y agoHaha wow here is what they wrote before they took it down http://imgur.com/a/Tf5bM http://imgur.com/a/Tf5bM
- lpr22 10y agoThey should have consulted their lawyer before making that "press release," as they call it. Perhaps she could have explained to them the difference between libel and slander.
- ChristopherE 10y agoThank you! This is probably just Tess on her own thinking she's being proactive and in charge of corporate image. Someone should tell her that accusing someone of extortion without proof is likewise libelous.
- gotrecruit 10y agoTess, i don't remember that character in the saga? Or do you mean Jess, as in Jessica?
- ChristopherE 10y agoYes, the name to which I've referred is the pseudonym Jessica though her real name is not a matter of record, though powers-that-be consider discussion of her on this forum now to be a witch hunt and off-topic.
- dang 10y agoThat is correct. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12395442 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12395442.
- tasnimreza 10y agonow, they hire someone to delete comments in facebook !
- netmobs 10y agoWhile $50K sounds like a lot of money, it actually sounds reasonable for 3 months severance + back pay + her "signing bonus" (relocation).
- abritinthebay 10y agoSo... they are admitting they fired her for cause - which, given the cause, is illegal under CA law? Yeah, some real geniuses at work here. No wonder they took it down.
- bArray 10y agoNow the page is down again. (NOTE: I wanted to see if they had posted anything else in their defence in interest of hearing both sides to the story.) Ignoring whether they were in the right or wrong, they're certainly not handling this very well as a company. If they now re-brand themselves again that would not be a great move if they maintain any link to their former selves. As a start-up I'm sure getting investor finance after a media fiasco like this may be particularly difficult, regardless of a name change.
- ilovesbux831 10y agowhy would a company ever post anything like that on their FB page?
- ChristopherE 10y agoInexperience leads to ignorance (in the classic meaning of the word). The CMO discussed in the story is 23.
- alaskanloops 10y agoDid you not see what else these guys have said? Posting on FB is the least of their mistakes at this point.. Although there's still time to f* up even worse!