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When you fire a Jewish employee for (rightfully) calling out that Nazis were present at last weeks insurrection, but not folks who make jokes like “Hitler gave
by babelfish 6y ago
When you fire a Jewish employee for (rightfully) calling out that Nazis were present at last weeks insurrection, but not folks who make jokes like “Hitler gave the Jews free healthcare” (per the Verge article another commenter posted), there better be consequences at the VP level
- tshtf 6y agoHacker News in 2021: The above comment is grey.
- HarryHirsch 6y agoYeah, Github sure sounds like a lovely company to work for, and tone is set at the top.
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- akrulino 6y agoHacker News in 2021: The above comment is grey.
- 458aperta 6y agoClearly they have priorities straight or this is a case of "the fish rots from the head". It's okay to post anti-semetic memes but not calling out actual Nazis that were present? Then its okay to downvote and censor all the comments on HN that calls out the absurdity of it all? Just what is happening to HN? What is going on with the US? We are not breaking any rules yet we are all getting flagged and downvoted for expressing shock. What happened to free speech or does HN folks no longer believe in America?
- ben_w 6y agoSo far as I’m concerned, how people and organisations react to their mistakes when they are revealed matters a lot more than the fact that they make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes, improving in response to them is what matters.
- HarryHirsch 6y agoWhich of course implies that nothing will improve until the shitty state of affairs gains publicity. This isn't how it's supposed to work, you are not supposed to fuck up and then repent in public, you are supposed to get it right without putting on a show of public repentance. Seriously, does anyone need to be told that the confederate flag or the thin-blue-line-flag-with-Punisher-logo are symbols of white supremacism? Who thinks that support of that is acceptable in the workplace?
- itronitron 6y agoGitHub HR is no stranger to mistakes.
- thundergolfer 6y agoI know the bar is low for companies, but that there was exec-level consequences impresses me and make me more likely to want to work at Github.
- dot1x 6y agoYou can stop at "When you fire a Jewish".