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I feel that this news is a gross violation of Mr. Williamson's privacy. In most companies, firings are very confidential affairs, and nobody ever needs to know
by qq66 14y ago
I feel that this news is a gross violation of Mr. Williamson's privacy.
In most companies, firings are very confidential affairs, and nobody ever needs to know that you were fired (usually, companies have a policy that they will only confirm the dates of employment of a former employee and nothing else).
I understand that it's public news when a large public corporation fires its CEO or perhaps a C-level executive. But I don't think that someone outside that level needs to relinquish their basic privacy rights over their employment history.
- rm999 14y agoThis news is not being officially revealed by Apple. More than likely the news spread very quickly within Apple, and then naturally leaked out. At my last company when someone was laid off every competing company knew about it within 30 minutes. Imagine how quickly it spread in a high-profile situation like this. If you mean that no one within Apple should have known about the firing, that's not realistic. At the least his reports would find out right away, as would (probably) everyone else who directly interacts with him.
- qq66 14y agoI'm talking about Techcrunch and Bloomberg's decisions to report this as news, and the actions of whoever conveyed the information from within Apple to reporters.
- snogglethorpe 14y agoIt is news, of course... and news many people are actually interested in, not so much for the name of the guy (they could have left that out), but for what it says about Apple's reaction to the Apple Maps debacle: that they're taking it seriously and not just treating it as a PR issue.
- qq66 14y agoLeaving out his name would have made all the difference.