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It seems like it isn't so much "discovered" as that she made the boneheaded decision to talk to the press for an article about the blog that would include her r
by ufmace 5y ago
It seems like it isn't so much "discovered" as that she made the boneheaded decision to talk to the press for an article about the blog that would include her real name and the name of her company.
Doesn't like every company ever tell you that you are not permitted to make statements to the press on the behalf of the company, and that all press inquiries should be directed to the PR department? I thought this was too obvious to need stating, but I guess it isn't to everyone. Not to say you should never do it of course, just that if you do, you should take appropriate precautions and be prepared for the potential consequences.
- smnrchrds 5y agoIt depends on what the labour laws and culture are in the Netherlands. Labour protections are generally higher in the Netherlands compared to the US and Canada. The fact that they didn't fire her immediately and found an unrelated excuse to fire her months later makes me wonder if firing her for the blog would have been legal.
- softveda 5y agoIn Australia a public servant was sacked for anonymous social media posts that criticised the government’s immigration policy. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/07/high-court-rules-public-servants-can-be-sacked-for-political-social-media-posts https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/07/high-...
- jlelse 5y agoBrussels is in Belgium not in the Netherlands.
- smnrchrds 5y agoOops. Sorry. You are right.
- Anthony-G 5y agoIn fairness to the author, the word “discover” in the headline would have been written by an editor or sub-editor – who like to over-dramatise the reality to pull readers in. In the closing paragraph, she also acknowledges her youthful naïvety or – as she refers to it – the “sloppy idiocy” of her actions at the time.