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Why are you disgusted?

by HatchedLake721 5y ago

barbazoo 5y ago
I am disgusted because someone made an inconsequential mistake, got fired for it and a CEO is happy about it.
- elisbce 5y ago
  People get fired for violating policies. A CEO is happy that the issue is handled. What's the problem with that? You can sue if the policy is illegal, but before the lawsuit settles, it is not. Don't push your current ideology back on historic matter. Whether something is illegal is dynamic and dependent on the era. Smoking weed would get you in jail not too long ago. So is that right or wrong? Things are not always black or white. Stay open-minded
  - detaro 5y ago
    That this wasn't legal was not some big surprise or innovation in law in the "historic" times of 2007 either. (indeed, according to evidence from the case Schmidt explicitly mentioned not discussing the policy by email to not create a papertrail).
  - onepointsixC 5y ago
    There's nothing to be open minded here. A person got fired because they violated an illegal policy, that was illegal the moment Google and Apple started their collusion, not when they were sued for it.
  - TheCoelacanth 5y ago
    A "policy" that was almost certainly never written down because it was highly illegal.
- microtherion 5y ago
  It's not even a mistake. They tried to recruit a presumably well qualified person, that they had every legal right to recruit. Fired for literally trying to do their job.
- HatchedLake721 5y ago
  How do you know it's inconsequential mistake? How do you know person was not very well aware of the policy, and while their colleagues did adhere to it, the person in question did not, and attempted to benefit themselves financially/whatnot by breaking the said policy? Why do you think ":)" === CEO is happy about a person getting fired? That's why I asked "Why are you disgusted?" (thanks for downvotes everyone while asking a simple question) It might be fair to be "disgusted" that CEOs put a policy forbidding cold outreach to competitors employees (but I personally wouldn't use such an emotional word) But I don't get why you feel disgusted about a different thing and why you expect a CEO of a multibillion company with thousands of employees care about a random person in another company breaking another company policies and getting fired for it?

Why are you disgusted?

barbazoo 5y ago

I am disgusted because someone made an inconsequential mistake, got fired for it and a CEO is happy about it.

elisbce 5y ago
People get fired for violating policies. A CEO is happy that the issue is handled. What's the problem with that? You can sue if the policy is illegal, but before the lawsuit settles, it is not. Don't push your current ideology back on historic matter. Whether something is illegal is dynamic and dependent on the era. Smoking weed would get you in jail not too long ago. So is that right or wrong? Things are not always black or white. Stay open-minded
- detaro 5y ago
  That this wasn't legal was not some big surprise or innovation in law in the "historic" times of 2007 either. (indeed, according to evidence from the case Schmidt explicitly mentioned not discussing the policy by email to not create a papertrail).
- onepointsixC 5y ago
  There's nothing to be open minded here. A person got fired because they violated an illegal policy, that was illegal the moment Google and Apple started their collusion, not when they were sued for it.
- TheCoelacanth 5y ago
  A "policy" that was almost certainly never written down because it was highly illegal.
microtherion 5y ago
It's not even a mistake. They tried to recruit a presumably well qualified person, that they had every legal right to recruit. Fired for literally trying to do their job.
HatchedLake721 5y ago
How do you know it's inconsequential mistake? How do you know person was not very well aware of the policy, and while their colleagues did adhere to it, the person in question did not, and attempted to benefit themselves financially/whatnot by breaking the said policy? Why do you think ":)" === CEO is happy about a person getting fired? That's why I asked "Why are you disgusted?" (thanks for downvotes everyone while asking a simple question) It might be fair to be "disgusted" that CEOs put a policy forbidding cold outreach to competitors employees (but I personally wouldn't use such an emotional word) But I don't get why you feel disgusted about a different thing and why you expect a CEO of a multibillion company with thousands of employees care about a random person in another company breaking another company policies and getting fired for it?