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Because this particular job does require a certain independence to do it properly Does it also require a certain intellectual integrity to do properly? Becaus
by crusso 6y ago
Because this particular job does require a certain independence to do it properly
Does it also require a certain intellectual integrity to do properly?
Because claiming that you were "immediately fired" online, then later having to "clarify" that you actually submitted your resignation because some demands weren't met sounds pretty dishonest to me.
- alilleybrinker 6y agoThat is not an accurate description of events.
- crusso 6y agoI'm just going by the CNN article and her tweets, which include the response from some manager, Megan: As a result, we are accepting your resignation immediately, effective today. https://twitter.com/timnitGebru/status/1334364732480958467 https://twitter.com/timnitGebru/status/1334364732480958467 Looks like Timnit Gebru made an ultimatum and offered her resignation if the terms of the ultimatum were not met. Google accepted her resignation and chose to have it effective immediately (as is often the case when you resign and a company feels like it would not be beneficial to have a longer departure period). It's not like I'm taking only the words of others. I'm reading what Gebru herself chose to put out there.
- tolbish 6y agoGoogle let her go early claiming her actions were "inconsistent with the expectations of a Google manager". That is the language used when firing someone for their behavior.
- crusso 6y agoI agree that it could be viewed as firing language, but only if we had no context. However, we have context. We know that an ultimatum including a resignation threat was given. Accepting that resignation and making the termination of their employment relationship immediate with some extra "Yeah, this is for the best" language doesn't mean that she was fired. If you only want to consider the limited context of ignoring that she submitted a resignation ultimatum, aren't you just cherry picking?
- tolbish 6y agoNo, I am not ignoring the context. If anything, phrasing Google's response as additional "Yeah, this is for the best" language while denying her terms for ending employment (when in practice it is very rare to immediately let someone go when they want to set up an exit date on their own terms) is cherry picking.
- pseudalopex 6y agoYou can't choose the date of an employee's resignation.[1] [1] https://cuiab.ca.gov/board/precedentdecisions/docs/pb39.pdf https://cuiab.ca.gov/board/precedentdecisions/docs/pb39.pdf
- flippinburgers 6y agoShe made an unreasonable ultimatum. They held her to it.