The hiring was a massive mistake even if you discount the person's attitude toward his prospective co-workers: He had very publicly ridiculed user privacy, whi

The hiring was a massive mistake even if you discount the person's attitude toward his prospective co-workers: He had very publicly ridiculed user privacy, which is one of the core defining values that Apple purports to uphold. He had very publicly aired all sorts of dirty laundry about previous employers, which was virtually guaranteed to happen eventually after some period of employment at Apple, and which is something Apple particularly hates. So it's entirely beyond me how anybody thought he was a good fit at Apple. That said, once hired, I think he's owed some monetary compensation for steps he took in reliance on the new job (at least morally, and quite possibly even legally, even in an at-will state).