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"don't write anything in an email you don't want to see in a NYT headline" If I got something like that, I sure want to tell the NYT...
by wiz21c 5y ago
"don't write anything in an email you don't want to see in a NYT headline"
If I got something like that, I sure want to tell the NYT...
- navbaker 5y agoBut there is nothing suspicious or sensational about that advice! It's a short, concise way of warning employees of really any business that electronic communication never goes away and to be mindful of how they communicate.
- BurningFrog 5y agoBelieve it or not, during my years at Google, I was never part of anything remotely illegal. I was part of a fair amount of silly jokes and occasional gossip that, out of context, could have looked pretty bad.
- wiz21c 5y agoI don't have any doubt that none of what Google does is illegal. Same goes for 99% of the employers I had. But illegality is not the only reason things end up on NYT. For example, my former boss was clearly using his positions in various nationwide institutions to make sure things were discussed the way he wanted to. Depending on the institutions (for example being in an audit one as a "consultant" and another one being audited as a "chief-whatever-officer" is not illegal but it's downright suspicious) I never said anything about it but the newspapers caught up...