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If I was the CEO of Pepsi and saw my employee tweet how he likes Coke I would be pissed. Morality is subjective so nobody can say what's truly "right" or "wron

If I was the CEO of Pepsi and saw my employee tweet how he likes Coke I would be pissed. Morality is subjective so nobody can say what's truly "right" or "wrong", but it is true that what this guy did was not a cool thing to do. And I can imagine just reading through his post what other things he probably may have done to result in him getting fired.

syshum 10y ago
Ahh so if you work for Dodge you can only buy a dodge?
- cocktailpeanuts 10y ago
  no
- FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
  My father worked for Chrysler and has only bought Chrysler cars. The lot at the HQ was filled with over 95%+ Chrysler cars. It's not a requirement, but it hints at not believing in the company you work for. Imagine the drama if Uber's CEO preferred to use Lyft. If you don't have confidence in the product, it implies that you are just there to collect a paycheck. The optics from an outsider is that you have no confidence in Gitlab and the work that you do. It looks especially bad considering Github is your direct competitor. Its like a member of the LA Lakers wearing a Boston Celtics jersey to warmups
  - zem 10y ago
    i've worked on lots of things where the internals presented interesting technical challenges, but where the product itself was nothing i would personally use. there's nothing wrong with that. sports teams are not a fair analogy; they're about loyalty and tribal affiliation, whereas work is about getting stuff done.
    - FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
      > the internals presented interesting technical challenges Most jobs are not like that and a lot of them are about loyalty and tribal affiliation, especially jobs with auto companies. It's a relic of the previous generation, but for a number of people the company they work for becomes a large part of their identity.
cyphar 10y ago
> If I was the CEO of Pepsi and saw my employee tweet how he likes Coke I would be pissed. I would assume the CEO of Pepsi has more things to do than to track employees on social media. If Pepsi employed people to track other employees on social media, that would be more than a little creepy (and I would leave the company). "Expressing opinions is not allowed here." Not to mention that OP apparently posted the GitHub stats because the GitLab stats don't show the same information.

syshum 10y ago

Ahh so if you work for Dodge you can only buy a dodge?

cocktailpeanuts 10y ago
no
FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
My father worked for Chrysler and has only bought Chrysler cars. The lot at the HQ was filled with over 95%+ Chrysler cars. It's not a requirement, but it hints at not believing in the company you work for. Imagine the drama if Uber's CEO preferred to use Lyft. If you don't have confidence in the product, it implies that you are just there to collect a paycheck. The optics from an outsider is that you have no confidence in Gitlab and the work that you do. It looks especially bad considering Github is your direct competitor. Its like a member of the LA Lakers wearing a Boston Celtics jersey to warmups
- zem 10y ago
  i've worked on lots of things where the internals presented interesting technical challenges, but where the product itself was nothing i would personally use. there's nothing wrong with that. sports teams are not a fair analogy; they're about loyalty and tribal affiliation, whereas work is about getting stuff done.
  - FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
    > the internals presented interesting technical challenges Most jobs are not like that and a lot of them are about loyalty and tribal affiliation, especially jobs with auto companies. It's a relic of the previous generation, but for a number of people the company they work for becomes a large part of their identity.

cyphar 10y ago

> If I was the CEO of Pepsi and saw my employee tweet how he likes Coke I would be pissed. I would assume the CEO of Pepsi has more things to do than to track employees on social media. If Pepsi employed people to track other employees on social media, that would be more than a little creepy (and I would leave the company). "Expressing opinions is not allowed here." Not to mention that OP apparently posted the GitHub stats because the GitLab stats don't show the same information.