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This isn't the first time either. Just before the walkout, a group of employees force-changed everyone's desktop background to an advertisement for the walkout.
by quotemstr 7y ago
This isn't the first time either. Just before the walkout, a group of employees force-changed everyone's desktop background to an advertisement for the walkout. That particular change, while obnoxious, was harmless --- but that change could have been anything, including very difficult to detect spyware. It's essential that company-wide code and configuration changes occur only with official approval and process. Emotional and activism do not constute reasons to bypass this process.
- neonate 7y agoIs that true? Amazing if so. I had not heard this before.
- kalleboo 7y agoShe mentioned it herself in the Medium post > This kind of code change happens all the time. We frequently add things to make our jobs easier or even to just share hobbies or interests. For example, someone changed the default desktop wallpaper during the walkout last year so that the Linux penguin was holding a protest sign. The company has never reacted aggressively in response to a notification such as this in the past. It’s always been a celebrated part of the culture https://medium.com/@ksspiers/google-fires-another-worker-for-exercising-her-rights-and-protecting-coworkers-from-illegal-b86c41ef91b9 https://medium.com/@ksspiers/google-fires-another-worker-for...