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> Do I dispute that she provided an ultimatum of which one side was a resignation offer? Ok so it's established that she threatened her managers and employer t
by rualca 6y ago
> Do I dispute that she provided an ultimatum of which one side was a resignation offer?
Ok so it's established that she threatened her managers and employer to either comply with her personal wishes or she would "exercise her leverage" to cause the company harm.
And in the end, as their managers didn't caved into her threats, she decided to pull the trigger.
> But can I say that this ultimatum wasn’t the result of Google pulling the rug out from under her and putting her in an unfortunate position (...) ?
So she threatened someone, her target didn't caved in, and thus she proceeded to execute her threat.
And somehow the responsibility of her executing her threat is supposed to be on her target?
This sounds a lot like victim blaming.
"Look what you made me do! Are you happy now?"
- saagarjha 6y agoIt seems to me that people misunderstand how ultimatums work. I guarantee you that you maintain a number of unsaid ultimatums with your employer; for example, one of them may be “pay me or I will quit”. Once an ultimatum reaches the point where it is nonverbal it is difficult to classify as a straightforward resignation or firing, because at that point it is clear that communication has broken down and pressure is being applied from at least one side. Without knowing who the “victim” is here the argument could go either way: “you made me issue an ultimatum”/“you put us in a position where we had to accept your resignation”.