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In Germany it's fully illegal (to insult someone, generally speaking)
by pixelpoet 1y ago
In Germany it's fully illegal (to insult someone, generally speaking)
- arethuza 1y agoWould you be sacked immediately if you insulted your boss in the middle of a heated argument?
- echoangle 1y agoDepends on the company but I would say generally maybe not, unless you stand by it later and refuse to apologize.
- randomNumber7 1y agoIt could be worse if they report you and you get penalized by a court. Most sane companies would probably not do that, but you never know (especially in Germany)
- mingus88 1y agoIt’s worth pointing out that there will always be consequences, regardless of the legality. Insulting a C-level exec is tantamount to a professional suicide note.
- arethuza 1y agoOnly if they find out though? ;-)
- toast0 1y agoHow dense do you think your C-level is that they won't find out you called them dickheads in a meeting with them?
- ratelimitsteve 1y ago"Reviewing the Q1 results vis a vis EBITA and thinking we could take the organization in a bit less of a phallocephalic direction than current leadership seems to desire..."
- olddustytrail 1y ago> How dense do you think your C-level is I guess density doesn't really change, whether you have one short plank or two.
- ta1243 1y ago> Insulting a C-level exec is tantamount to a professional suicide note. I guess it depends on the exec and your relationship with them
- KaiserPro 1y agoyou've got to roll for charisma first. I once told a whole bunch of senior execs "they'd totally bollocksed it up" (I have a photo of it somehere)
- IncreasePosts 1y agoHuh? So I can't call a stranger in the street a Schwammpilz?
- pixelpoet 1y agoYes, in theory it's illegal to call people Wichsfresse
- cooper_ganglia 1y ago[flagged]
- em-bee 1y agothat's way to simplified. illegal means, you break the law and must necessarily be punished. but insults are only prosecuted by request of the insulted, and even if that happens, they are not necessarily grounds to be fired. the person making the insult may be punished in some other way. it depends on the courts though, and it also depends on the relationship between the two people. the more close they are the less likely the accusation of insult is going to stand. stories about such cases go both ways.