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"Wasn't a great sacrifice", what do you know of his personal situation? It's funny how some can be more critical of the employees that dare to speak out, than
by jeromegv 6y ago
"Wasn't a great sacrifice", what do you know of his personal situation?
It's funny how some can be more critical of the employees that dare to speak out, than the actual companies that have enacted policies that put thousands of workers at risk across the globe.
- scarface74 6y agoSo his “personal situation” after making a million a year at Amazon is dire? Amazon is always issuing employees RSUs that vest at dome future date. No matter when he leaves he would have “lost” money.
- scott_w 6y agoSo what? Tim already said he doesn’t want to be a martyr, he’s just saying that he couldn’t continue to look himself in the mirror if he kept cashing the cheque. I could see your point if Tim didn’t point out his own privilege but he does _in both articles._
- scarface74 6y agoThen why is HN acting like he took such a bold stand?
- scott_w 6y agoAs others pointed out: this caused it to hit the news whereas “blue collar workers abused by corporate giant” never does.
- scarface74 6y agoIt only made the news in tech circles. The same people who already know.
- scott_w 6y agoBloomberg, CNN and CBC are “only tech circles?”