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I followed Eich to the Brave browser. It's really great, but the devtools still don't dock within the window but they're working on it. Firefox crucified their

I followed Eich to the Brave browser. It's really great, but the devtools still don't dock within the window but they're working on it. Firefox crucified their CEO over his PRIVATE conservative views and that was scary how quick the mob turns on someone. If they turned on the got damn inventor of javascript, how quick will they turn on your minion employee?

scrollaway 8y ago
If a lot of employees are (very) uncomfortable with their CEO, that CEO is toxic for the company regardless of whether their views are private/public, right/wrong, just/unjust. One of the two have to go: The CEO, or the employees. Do you want to live in the world where Mozilla fires thousands of employees who disagree with their CEO's view that gay marriage should be prohibited?
- batteryhorse 8y ago
  If where we are at now is the end result, then YES! The employees who truly had a problem should have simply quit and found another job. Most of them probably wouldn't have cared enough to quit. Mozilla is irrelevant for me now. I just want a browser, I don't care about their political views. This is also what I hate about Tim Cook and Apple, he's too political.
- manfredo 8y ago
  > One of the two have to go: The CEO, or the employees. Do you want to live in the world where Mozilla fires thousands of employees who disagree with their CEO's view that gay marriage should be prohibited? No, this is a false scenario. Neither of the two have to go. It's totally possible for employees to continue to choose to work at the company even if they don't agree with their CEO's political views. Plenty of adults manage to work with people that have significant political differences. A more realistic second choice is that some employees choose to quite and most choose to stay.
  - scrollaway 8y ago
    I don't think you understand how big of a problem this was at Mozilla, and for Mozilla employees.
    - BrendanEich 8y ago
      Were you at Mozilla then? Just curious. The case that is being misrepresented even now in comments on this post consists of the six Mozilla Foundation employees tweeting that I should step down. They did not work for me. It may be they spoke for some who did work for me, but many on my staff were outraged by their tweets. I had support across a broad spectrum of people inside the Mozilla Corporation.
    - manfredo 8y ago
      The point remains, the above poster was presenting a false dichotomy. No one had to be fired. Employees may choose to quit, but that is a decision they make themselves.

scrollaway 8y ago

If a lot of employees are (very) uncomfortable with their CEO, that CEO is toxic for the company regardless of whether their views are private/public, right/wrong, just/unjust. One of the two have to go: The CEO, or the employees. Do you want to live in the world where Mozilla fires thousands of employees who disagree with their CEO's view that gay marriage should be prohibited?

batteryhorse 8y ago
If where we are at now is the end result, then YES! The employees who truly had a problem should have simply quit and found another job. Most of them probably wouldn't have cared enough to quit. Mozilla is irrelevant for me now. I just want a browser, I don't care about their political views. This is also what I hate about Tim Cook and Apple, he's too political.
manfredo 8y ago
> One of the two have to go: The CEO, or the employees. Do you want to live in the world where Mozilla fires thousands of employees who disagree with their CEO's view that gay marriage should be prohibited? No, this is a false scenario. Neither of the two have to go. It's totally possible for employees to continue to choose to work at the company even if they don't agree with their CEO's political views. Plenty of adults manage to work with people that have significant political differences. A more realistic second choice is that some employees choose to quite and most choose to stay.
- scrollaway 8y ago
  I don't think you understand how big of a problem this was at Mozilla, and for Mozilla employees.
  - BrendanEich 8y ago
    Were you at Mozilla then? Just curious. The case that is being misrepresented even now in comments on this post consists of the six Mozilla Foundation employees tweeting that I should step down. They did not work for me. It may be they spoke for some who did work for me, but many on my staff were outraged by their tweets. I had support across a broad spectrum of people inside the Mozilla Corporation.
  - manfredo 8y ago
    The point remains, the above poster was presenting a false dichotomy. No one had to be fired. Employees may choose to quit, but that is a decision they make themselves.