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Well no, but considering that she seems to have followed the correct processes if she had done that I'd have expected the response to be rolling back the commit

by pr0zac 7y ago

Well no, but considering that she seems to have followed the correct processes if she had done that I'd have expected the response to be rolling back the commit and a follow up postmortem to document what was missing from the process that allowed it to happen and changes made to the process to prevent it from happening in the future. Not firing the employee. You shouldn't blame workers for system failures.

scarface74 7y ago
What if your manager told you it was okay to post “Make America Great Again” or “Hope” (Obama’s slogan) slogans on everyone’s desk because he was staunch Republican/Democrat - would you just shrug and say “my manager said it was okay”?
- danso 7y ago
  Again, labor/union messaging has protections that political campaigning does not. If you were a manager and you told your employee to throw away the pro-union pamphlet that you taped to your cubicle wall, your manager would be putting the company in legal trouble.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    Taping it to your wall is acceptable. Posting it to my computer screen isn’t.
    - throwaway2048 7y ago
      why, and more importantly, why is this an "immediately fire" level of offense, would this have been the result if the popup reminded you that its earth day? Its naive to think her firing had nothing to do with the fact Google doesn't like unions.
      - scarface74 7y ago
        Why? It’s just like religion. If your religion tells you not to drink, I will respect that. If your religion tells you that I’m not allowed to drink I will tell you to f’ off.
        throwaway2048 7y ago
        The irony being of course, Google's entire business is shoving ads into people's faces that approximately nobody wants to see.
        scarface74 7y ago
        And guess what? I don’t need government intervention for that either. I can install an ad blocker, not use software that is ad based with no way to get rid of the ads and not buy Android phones. Free will is great isn’t it?
        antpol 7y ago
        But the owners of websites want to show these google ads to you. Who is in control of content: the viewers or creators/hosters?

by pr0zac 7y ago

scarface74 7y ago

What if your manager told you it was okay to post “Make America Great Again” or “Hope” (Obama’s slogan) slogans on everyone’s desk because he was staunch Republican/Democrat - would you just shrug and say “my manager said it was okay”?

danso 7y ago
Again, labor/union messaging has protections that political campaigning does not. If you were a manager and you told your employee to throw away the pro-union pamphlet that you taped to your cubicle wall, your manager would be putting the company in legal trouble.
- scarface74 7y ago
  Taping it to your wall is acceptable. Posting it to my computer screen isn’t.
  - throwaway2048 7y ago
    why, and more importantly, why is this an "immediately fire" level of offense, would this have been the result if the popup reminded you that its earth day? Its naive to think her firing had nothing to do with the fact Google doesn't like unions.
    - scarface74 7y ago
      Why? It’s just like religion. If your religion tells you not to drink, I will respect that. If your religion tells you that I’m not allowed to drink I will tell you to f’ off.
      - throwaway2048 7y ago
        The irony being of course, Google's entire business is shoving ads into people's faces that approximately nobody wants to see.
        scarface74 7y ago
        And guess what? I don’t need government intervention for that either. I can install an ad blocker, not use software that is ad based with no way to get rid of the ads and not buy Android phones. Free will is great isn’t it?
        antpol 7y ago
        But the owners of websites want to show these google ads to you. Who is in control of content: the viewers or creators/hosters?