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Tesla fires female engineer who made claims of ‘pervasive harassment’
- Cogito 9y agoThis probably shouldn't link to the google amp page... Correct link is https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/1/15724520/tesla-fires-female-engineer-claims-pervasive-harassment https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/1/15724520/tesla-fires-femal...
- valuearb 9y agoI'm assuming Tesla can prove this, because if not...
- lardo 9y agoIs the onus of proof not on the accuser? I'm not being rhetorical, I have no idea how this works.
- yorwba 9y agoIn a court of justice, sure. In the court of public opinion however ... If it appears as if Tesla is punishing a victim of harassment for speaking up, the hit to their reputation will hurt. Since the kind of person who drives an electric car also tends to care about gender equality issues (I think), this could make them lose a significant part of their customer base.
- prawn 9y agoTesla confirmed Vandermeyden’s firing in a statement to The Verge, saying it had conducted an independent, third-party review of her claims and determined that they were false. “Despite repeatedly receiving special treatment at the expense of others, Ms. Vandermeyden nonetheless chose to pursue a miscarriage of justice by suing Tesla and falsely attacking our company in the press,” a spokesperson said. “After we carefully considered the facts on multiple occasions and were absolutely convinced that Ms. Vandermeyden's claims were illegitimate, we had no choice but to end her employment at Tesla.” Surely they'd want to be pretty confident to take this action and make this statement.
- Fomite 9y agoThat was my first thought. That's staking out some bold ground.
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- detaro 9y agoyesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460160 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460160