> Basically you can't screw someone over by firing them. Every person in the article seems like they were screwed over when they were fired. All of them. > Be

> Basically you can't screw someone over by firing them. Every person in the article seems like they were screwed over when they were fired. All of them. > Being fired by an opaque, capricious algorithm is not bad faith. Yes, it is. When the 'algorithm' is already known by executives to make horrible mistakes, it definitely is. From the article: “Executives knew this was gonna shit the bed,” > There's no potential for personal biases to get in the way, I do not agree with this at all. Someone - people - wrote the code that they use to do the firings. Just because a 'computer' took the steps does not mean that there is "no potential" for personal biases to get in the way. In fact there is unlimited potential for that, and it's sneaky, because you can just blame the software! > and I'm sure the software squirrels away all the necessary documentation should a wrongful termination suit arise. Are you really sure about this? Why are you so sure? I personally would be confident that it does not do that. If it did, wouldn't it be possible for it to not make these decisions in the first place?