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> Part of my job was to write browser notifications so that my coworkers can be automatically notified of employee guidelines and company policies while they su

> Part of my job was to write browser notifications so that my coworkers can be automatically notified of employee guidelines and company policies while they surf the web She needs to understand this power isn't her own to wield. And the risk of people abusing power to advance their personal agenda is NOT something that would get passed easily once discovered.

shadowgovt 7y ago
As a Googler, it's not only her power to wield, it's her job description to make discerning calls.
- tanilama 7y ago
  > make discerning calls about stuff that will breach company security, not to alert people of dangerous opinions. The latter is not hers to decide.
  - shadowgovt 7y ago
    Individual Googlers inadvertantly violating the law opens the company up to risk of legal discovery processes and is therefore a beach of company security.
hechang1997 7y ago
It's so disingenuous to call out employees advancing their agenda when the corporations themselves are constantly abusing their power to advance their agenda. > And the risk of people abusing power to advance their personal agenda is NOT something that would get passed easily once discovered. Yes, it is. It get discovered all the time and no one gives a sh*t about it.
- fargle 7y ago
  Um, not disingenuous. See, the company isn't funded nor owned nor managed by its employees. So it's not "abuse" and it is completely legitimate, even a mandate, and a fiduciary duty that compels companies advance their agenda. A corporation MUST take these kinds of actions, it isn't even legal for them not to, let alone abuse. Conversely, an employee's agenda can be left at home, please, if they agree to be employed. The "Engineer" is lucky she isn't brought up on misuse of computing system charges. I don't like companies that invade employees and customers outside-of-work freedoms. Just as I don't like employees that abuse and undermine the relationship that they freely entered with their employers. If you don't like it - quit and go work somewhere else. Then become activist.

shadowgovt 7y ago

As a Googler, it's not only her power to wield, it's her job description to make discerning calls.

tanilama 7y ago
> make discerning calls about stuff that will breach company security, not to alert people of dangerous opinions. The latter is not hers to decide.
- shadowgovt 7y ago
  Individual Googlers inadvertantly violating the law opens the company up to risk of legal discovery processes and is therefore a beach of company security.

hechang1997 7y ago

It's so disingenuous to call out employees advancing their agenda when the corporations themselves are constantly abusing their power to advance their agenda. > And the risk of people abusing power to advance their personal agenda is NOT something that would get passed easily once discovered. Yes, it is. It get discovered all the time and no one gives a sh*t about it.

fargle 7y ago
Um, not disingenuous. See, the company isn't funded nor owned nor managed by its employees. So it's not "abuse" and it is completely legitimate, even a mandate, and a fiduciary duty that compels companies advance their agenda. A corporation MUST take these kinds of actions, it isn't even legal for them not to, let alone abuse. Conversely, an employee's agenda can be left at home, please, if they agree to be employed. The "Engineer" is lucky she isn't brought up on misuse of computing system charges. I don't like companies that invade employees and customers outside-of-work freedoms. Just as I don't like employees that abuse and undermine the relationship that they freely entered with their employers. If you don't like it - quit and go work somewhere else. Then become activist.