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>The firing of Dr. Timnit Gebru is not okay, and the way it was done is not okay. if i remember correctly she made an ultimatum and threatened to resign, and h
by trhway 6y ago
>The firing of Dr. Timnit Gebru is not okay, and the way it was done is not okay.
if i remember correctly she made an ultimatum and threatened to resign, and her resignation was accepted. That doesn't look like firing until we call "firing" any resignation when one disagrees with the employer.
To me that intentionally looking sleight of hands with firing/resignation in the Mitchell's doc already undermines trust to whatever point she is making there.
- worker767424 6y agoI have no idea why the media (people through this word around, but in this case, it's a lot of major outlets) keeps reporting it as her getting fired when she clearly threatened to resigned as an ultimatum. Maybe Google making it immediate changed things, but saying "fired" is pretty disingenuous. Margaret Mitchell got fired, though. 100%.
- pseudalopex 6y agoFiring someone who gave notice is still firing in California.[1] And Gebru didn't even give notice. She proposed discussing a resignation date. [1] https://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntary_Quit_VQ_135.htm https://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntary_Quit_VQ_135.htm
- refurb 6y agoBut it was still an ultimatum. Acting like she was fired out of the blue is dishonest. She threatened to resign unless things changed so good fired her.
- pseudalopex 6y agoCalling it firing isn't acting like it was out of the blue.
- room500 6y agoBut it is acting as if it wasn't a mutual agreement. Maybe "resignation" doesn't meet your criteria. But "firing" implied that the employee wanted to keep their job but the company ended it. Would you accept "mutual termination" ?
- pseudalopex 6y agoIt wasn't a mutual agreement. She wanted to keep her job until she was back from vacation at least.[1] [1] https://twitter.com/timnitgebru/status/1334341991795142667 https://twitter.com/timnitgebru/status/1334341991795142667
- refurb 6y agoSo she was fired after making demands the employer wasn’t prepared to meet, including keeping her employed until after her vacation.