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I will say that I can only imagine how annoying and frustrating this is, but the way he's approaching this on twitter is not going to win him any fans in his re

I will say that I can only imagine how annoying and frustrating this is, but the way he's approaching this on twitter is not going to win him any fans in his reporting chain. In a fight like this you need senior management as allies wanting to help, not as enemies as you stomp your feet and embarrass them.

FullyFunctional 6y ago
Reporting chain wasn't helping him. This is obviously his last resort. I pay for Google services and stuff like this is motivating me to look into migrating away (the only thing I _actually_ care about is mail).
- fred_is_fred 6y ago
  So he's going to piss away a $300k+ job over this. And then what? The account will still be locked out.
  - Causality1 6y ago
    Some people have principles. If my company took a shit on my whole life like this you bet I'd be out the door.
  - YawningAngel 6y ago
    People who can get $300k+ jobs at Google are exactly the people who can afford to piss away those jobs
    - dredmorbius 6y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_handcuffs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_handcuffs
  - FullyFunctional 6y ago
    Some people care about more than just money. Not trying to brag, but I did get an offer from a FAANG company which I turned down, suspecting that I wouldn't be as happy there. Personally ethics play a big role in my happiness, but I acknowledge and appreciate that being able to chose is a rare privilege. EDIT: Grammar
  - simtel20 6y ago
    What makes you think he'd get penalized by his work for this. What makes you think he'd want to stay if this was a threat to his job?
breakingcups 6y ago
He works at Google.
- m00x 6y ago
  He worked at Google. Look at his most recent tweets.
  - vultour 6y ago
    Looks like he still works there, but attempting to get fired.
    - nullc 6y ago
      Perhaps he's assuming they can't even get that right and they'll just fire someone else that has a similar name. :)

FullyFunctional 6y ago

Reporting chain wasn't helping him. This is obviously his last resort. I pay for Google services and stuff like this is motivating me to look into migrating away (the only thing I _actually_ care about is mail).

fred_is_fred 6y ago
So he's going to piss away a $300k+ job over this. And then what? The account will still be locked out.
- Causality1 6y ago
  Some people have principles. If my company took a shit on my whole life like this you bet I'd be out the door.
- YawningAngel 6y ago
  People who can get $300k+ jobs at Google are exactly the people who can afford to piss away those jobs
  - dredmorbius 6y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_handcuffs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_handcuffs
- FullyFunctional 6y ago
  Some people care about more than just money. Not trying to brag, but I did get an offer from a FAANG company which I turned down, suspecting that I wouldn't be as happy there. Personally ethics play a big role in my happiness, but I acknowledge and appreciate that being able to chose is a rare privilege. EDIT: Grammar
- simtel20 6y ago
  What makes you think he'd get penalized by his work for this. What makes you think he'd want to stay if this was a threat to his job?

breakingcups 6y ago

He works at Google.

m00x 6y ago
He worked at Google. Look at his most recent tweets.
- vultour 6y ago
  Looks like he still works there, but attempting to get fired.
  - nullc 6y ago
    Perhaps he's assuming they can't even get that right and they'll just fire someone else that has a similar name. :)