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The media have had their knives out for Lambda for quite a while. A reporter's instinct is to view anything that's booming with skepticism; and to lionize the

The media have had their knives out for Lambda for quite a while. A reporter's instinct is to view anything that's booming with skepticism; and to lionize the underdogs. There is a certain tension and surprise in both takes (even if they are, in their way, predictable perspectives). Both of those trends are at play in Lambda coverage, which reveals the weird and systemic conservatism of the tech press. The problem with lionizing underdogs is that, if you take a broad enough sample of underdogs, they represent the general population, and the general population has its share of jerks and liars. We can't assume Lambda's former employee is good just because she is less powerful than the company. But the story implies, with its choice of verbs in the headline (Lamba "threatens" while Baez "comes forward"), which player the reporter wants us to sympathize with. They could just as easily have written that Baez "breaks her word" or "defrauds" the company, while Lambda "enforces agreement". I deeply disagree with the people questioning whether contracts should be honored, particularly after you walk out the door with the cash.

sjg007 7y ago
ok old blueyes.. you are not helping the argument here. In my opinion Lambda has an ex-employee who left under allegations of performance despite allegedly not being notified and yet being 5 months pregnant and now Lambda is suing her for 36k which is a trivial amount of money. What Lambda needs to do is IGNORE the negative press and FOCUS on customer satisfaction. Do not SUE former employees. It will not end well.
- monkeywork 7y ago
  >ok old blueyes.. you are not helping the argument here Whose argument are they not helping - your bleeding heart narrative? > In my opinion Lambda has an ex-employee who left under allegations of performance despite allegedly not being notified and yet being 5 months pregnant and now Lambda is suing her for 36k which is a trivial amount of money. You kind of leave out the part where the adult female who since she is 5 months pregnant should be really balancing all risks to her financial well being if she has been terminated signed a contract saying she wouldn't do X and then went and did X anyway. > Do not SUE former employees. It will not end well. Do not break contracts - it will not end well.

sjg007 7y ago

ok old blueyes.. you are not helping the argument here. In my opinion Lambda has an ex-employee who left under allegations of performance despite allegedly not being notified and yet being 5 months pregnant and now Lambda is suing her for 36k which is a trivial amount of money. What Lambda needs to do is IGNORE the negative press and FOCUS on customer satisfaction. Do not SUE former employees. It will not end well.

monkeywork 7y ago
>ok old blueyes.. you are not helping the argument here Whose argument are they not helping - your bleeding heart narrative? > In my opinion Lambda has an ex-employee who left under allegations of performance despite allegedly not being notified and yet being 5 months pregnant and now Lambda is suing her for 36k which is a trivial amount of money. You kind of leave out the part where the adult female who since she is 5 months pregnant should be really balancing all risks to her financial well being if she has been terminated signed a contract saying she wouldn't do X and then went and did X anyway. > Do not SUE former employees. It will not end well. Do not break contracts - it will not end well.