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If we assume for the sake of argument that the NDA explicitly states you will be fired for violations, Apple effectively has no choice: uphold their end of the
by fergbrain 9y ago
If we assume for the sake of argument that the NDA explicitly states you will be fired for violations, Apple effectively has no choice: uphold their end of the agreement and fire the engineer or avoid potentially bad PR while also signaling to the rest of the engineers that the NDA means jack squat.
Is it harsh, yes. But that was the agreement, and both side were very aware of it.
- coldtea 9y ago>Apple effectively has no choice: uphold their end of the agreement and fire the engineer or avoid potentially bad PR while also signaling to the rest of the engineers that the NDA means jack squat. Well, since it's the daughter that announced the firing while crying, Apple did very much had a choice: to fire him with a special side deal (compensation) and have him sign to not disclose it or have his family go to social media about it.
- fergbrain 9y agoWhy would anyone pay someone who literally just violated their trust to keep quiet, and for what purpose? The publicity of it plays to Apples favor internally for a long time, and the external impacts are negligible at worst with a one-and-done news cycle.