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That's...a surprisingly good simile. Yes, it would be wrong of you to do that. You remember how in the Big Lebowski, Walter asks The Dude "Well, am I wrong?" a
by Blackthorn 9y ago
That's...a surprisingly good simile.
Yes, it would be wrong of you to do that. You remember how in the Big Lebowski, Walter asks The Dude "Well, am I wrong?" and The Dude replies "You're not wrong, Walter. You're an asshole."
You don't want to be Walter.
- hueving 9y agoSo are you literally defending the act of firing people who tell the truth?
- Blackthorn 9y agoI'm defending the act of firing people who are assholes. Whether they're telling the truth or not is irrelevant.
- hueving 9y agoThe problem is that 'asshole' is completely subjective. You can have someone state a fact that a tiny hurts a tiny group of peoples' feelings and they will think he/she is an asshole. That can't be a fireable offense. Suggest that a piece of code is un-maintainable and that the group should rebuild it and there is a good chance someone will think that makes you an asshole. You can't go around firing everyone because some idiot gets triggered.
- Blackthorn 9y agoWe're talking about a specific case here where twenty thousand people in the company managed to get pissed off, not one person.