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You seem to be under the impression that a company is some sort of democracy. The now-unemployed organizers of this action were too. That the organizers would
by the_biot 4y ago
You seem to be under the impression that a company is some sort of democracy. The now-unemployed organizers of this action were too.
That the organizers would get fired was entirely to be expected; any company would. Certainly when you work for an egomaniac like Elon Musk and you publicly call him an asshole, there's only going to be one outcome.
- Fricken 4y agoElon declared himself a "free speech absolutist" not too long ago. He would never do something like this.
- parkingrift 4y agoFree speech means you’re allowed to say it, but I t doesn’t mean you’re also free from any repercussions. You have a fundamental misunderstanding of free speech.
- thawaya3113 4y agoYou’re right but Elon’s idea of free speech is little more than “speech I like”, and is the opposite of what free speech is. That being said, employees of a company don’t have free speech rights. And hypocrisy is not illegal. Elon is well within his rights to fire people writing open letters, and everyone needs to realize that companies are not democracies.
- salawat 4y agoWoah woah woah. >That being said, employees of a company don’t have free speech rights. And hypocrisy is not illegal. Care to rephrase that hombre? Everyone has free speech rights. No exceptions. If you're pissy enough to fire someone over a disagreement like that, that's one thing, and highly unprofessional to boot as long as they are still doing their job. I don't have to agree with you as an employee. And I have the right to voice my disagreement. They should thank him though. They get their Unemployment a shot at a less toxic workplace, and hopefully they've been networking enough to catalyze resistance vs. an evident cult of personality.
- the_biot 4y ago> Everyone has free speech rights. No exceptions. Plenty of exceptions, to wit: not in the workplace, and certainly not using your employer's communications infrastructure, as was the case here.
- Fricken 4y agoYou can say whatever you like in North Korea, so long as you're prepared to accept the consequences.
- ipspam 4y agoI think that when you get offered pay to do a task, and accept that pay for that task, that you give up the right to bitch about said task.