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If you resign from Facebook and don't tell anyone, have you really resigned?
by pluc 6y ago
If you resign from Facebook and don't tell anyone, have you really resigned?
- lallysingh 6y agoIf it's for principle, then you have to say why. Silent protest isn't.
- ogre_codes 6y ago> Silent protest isn't. Sure it is. If you boycott a company for doing something bad, you damage that company regardless of whether you are shouting from the rooftops or whispering it in a basement. When outsiders see a given Facebook resignation, it does send a message, but even if they quit silently, Facebook's management sees employees leaving. While Facebook's exec team clearly doesn't give a damn about doing what's right, they absolutely care about keeping costs down and employee retention is a big cost for these companies.
- lallysingh 6y agoThey won't know why they left.
- benmarks 6y agoTechnically, no, and then they would probably terminate the employee. Maybe this is better stated as "If you resign from a hugely visible platform, because it's bad, but you don't tell anyone, have you really maximized the impact of your resignation for good?"
- natex 6y agoI feel like your question is snark designed to criticise the vocal/dramatic way the FB employee has resigned. I hope I'm wrong. Personally, I'm grateful for their post. I think it is designed to bring awareness to the problem and to pressure FB to do the right thing.
- acwan93 6y agoI've seen this one person's resignation on nearly every site I follow this past week. My hope is that this is the start of a substantial shift in the company with more employees walking out (I don't believe senior management there will do anything on their own), otherwise it's just what the parent commenter's implying: a lot of noise.
- kabes 6y agoYou would at least need to tell HR.
- _ZeD_ 6y agothis resignation is clearly for political reasons (in the best sens of the word).
- playpause 6y agoIf you resign in protest and don't tell anyone, have you really resigned in protest?