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When you do/say/write something that has the potential to cause problems for your employer, you should be aware of and prepared for the possible consequences.
by mrbill 9y ago
When you do/say/write something that has the potential to cause problems for your employer, you should be aware of and prepared for the possible consequences.
I certainly would not write a multi-page screed criticizing the policies and practices of my employer, distribute it at work, and then expect to keep my job or have no repercussions.
- Zarath 9y agoGod forbid a monolithic, trillion dollar corporation have an employee saying things they don't like.
- StargazyPi 9y agoWhen it's a widely circulated internal document criticising the hiring practices behind 40% of the company's workforce, it's hardly surprising. He put them in a difficult position. The brand and employee-esteem damage caused by tacitly condoning his manifesto by not firing him, vs just getting rid of one engineer. Easy maths. He's gone. Edit: backwards words not now.
- gopz 9y agoTrue, but what's troubling isn't that he was fired, it's that the memo got leaked, caused a bunch of controversy and basically forced Google to take a position on whether they want to discuss this stuff. Yes, one guy getting fired for sending out something inflammatory and critical isn't a huge deal (although I would have expected Google to be more tolerant), it's the fact that it went public and then when Google had to make a public statement deciding whether to fire him or not they chose "we don't think these ideas should be discussed".
- peoplewindow 9y agoHow do you think companies work through their own policies or change direction? Employees write strategy memos all the time.