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Why a disservice? It’s the contrary. Thanks to those kinds of leaks, I had already decided I’d never want to work for that place. When a good friend started w
by TomVDB 4y ago
Why a disservice? It’s the contrary.
Thanks to those kinds of leaks, I had already decided I’d never want to work for that place.
When a good friend started working there, he confirmed pretty much everything.
- tuckerman 4y agoIt’s fun and juicy to read leaks from other companies but it really sucks when your leadership stops being open or stops taking questions in all hands meetings because everything they say immediately gets posted on Twitter. Just because you’d like to know the information about the on-goings of a company doesn’t make you entitled to it and I wish large companies would collectively do more to go after leakers in court to stop this trend.
- juve1996 4y ago> I wish large companies would collectively do more to go after leakers in court to stop this trend. "Don't talk or we'll ruin your life financially." Whistleblowers have a hard enough time in this day and age. I hope more do this - corporations dominate enough of our lives.
- tuckerman 4y agoThere is a very specific meaning of whistleblowing and giving every leaker that title does a disservice to those that are actual whistleblowers.
- juve1996 4y agoI don't see how this doesn't fit the meaning - providing info of something that can severely damage many people's livelihoods.
- tuckerman 4y agoRunning to a news outlet to tell them that some company is going to allegedly raise some performance bar is very, very different than, for example, reporting illegal activities about private companies to federal agencies. The former is someone looking for some thrill or 20 seconds of fame and, afaik in the US at least, there is nothing like whistleblower protections for that behavior. I also disagree that anything in what was leaked of Mark’s statement is severely damaging to livelihoods any more so than any other time someone has gotten let go for performance reasons.
- juve1996 4y agoSo you say it's not a big enough deal to be whistleblowing. But then you want the courts to punish people for leaking this information. Which is it? Your position is logically inconsistent.
- TomVDB 4y agoHow did you get to the conclusion that anyone thinks they’re entitled to that information? Of course nobody is. But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s this information is useful for outsiders, not a disservice. As for wanting leakers to be dragged into court… Are you saying, for example, that Amazon warehouse workers should not be allowed to expose terrible working conditions? Or pretty much any other unethical action of a company? Because that’s exactly what you’re advocating for.
- tuckerman 4y agoI’m not advocating for any change in laws; talking about working conditions is generally legally protected in the US, even online. That seems very different to me than leaking the contents of a company meeting that contains sensitive information.