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Brendan's personal political donations were his own business unless he made it some organizational goal or priority for Mozilla, which he never did.
by chrisco255 3y ago
Brendan's personal political donations were his own business unless he made it some organizational goal or priority for Mozilla, which he never did.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Brendan's personal political donations were his own business Eh, a CEO is a quasi-public figure. Those weren't his personal business entirely. (Consider a gay employee at Mozilla or partner.) That said, the solution was chastisement and a public apology. Not termination.
- xcv123 3y ago> the solution was chastisement and a public apology Not all gays are in favor of gay marriage. The solution was to let him have his political opinions, and simply agree to disagree, like adults.
- pasttense01 3y agoThere was no evidence that Brendan discriminated against gay employees at Mozilla.
- pseudalopex 3y agoConduct outside of work is considered for many jobs. And even Eich acknowledged he hurt people.
- lern_too_spel 3y agoBrendan refused to apologize for the donation or even to acknowledge that it was wrong. Instead, he doubled down on it, saying in comments posted to this very forum that the gays kept asking for more and more rights, and he wasn't OK with that. It wasn't part of the previous bargain. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15966490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15966490 Given that he refused to apologize, and that the pesky freedom of association exists, which can lead to problems for Mozilla like the Montgomery Bus Boycott did for the public transit system in Montgomery, it was overall positive for Mozilla that Eich resigned. That doesn't mean that Mitchell is a good CEO. It just means that things would have been worse.
- Perceval 3y agoThere was nothing for him to apologize for and his donation was not wrong.