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I'm not sure she has grounds for a lawsuit. SendGrid received quite allot of customer complaints about her. Customers were quitting them, and/or making threats

I'm not sure she has grounds for a lawsuit. SendGrid received quite allot of customer complaints about her. Customers were quitting them, and/or making threats of going to a competitor. Then they got DDoSed over this. Also, if I'm not mistaken, they are located in a - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment - state.

yuhong 14y ago
I wonder what would happen if the party responsible for the DDoS blackmail was found.
geoelectric 14y ago
California is at-will, but with a good-faith rider. Arbitrarily or maliciously firing someone would probably be grounds for a dispute. I don't think that dispute would be successful in this case, where some demonstrably poor judgment with predictable consequences was used, but IANAL. Edit: but as pointed out below, this company is in CO.
- khuey 14y ago
  They appear to be based in Colorado.
  - geoelectric 14y ago
    Oops, so they are! So yeah, at-will all the way then.
runarb 14y ago
At-will employment don't allow the employer to engage in unlawful discrimination. See exceptions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment#Statutory_exceptions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment#Statutory_ex... Not at all saying that any unlawful discrimination happened her, just that this may be the base for a lawsuit, eave if she was on a at-will contract.
- rdtsc 14y ago
  Actually it does they just can't say it ;-) Don't like someone's race -- nod-nod-wink-wink => "restructuring" Don't like their sexual orientation -- nod-nod-wink-wink => "tough economic times" Don't like the color of their shoes -- nod-nod-wink-wink => "pivoting" And so on. It can just never be in writing or said explicitly. As long as there is a non-verbal or codified protocol between the owners (managers). To prove anything is an uphill battle -- have to really establish a pattern, as in "20 people were laid off, last year, 25 were hired, all those laid off were of this race". Stuff like that.

yuhong 14y ago

I wonder what would happen if the party responsible for the DDoS blackmail was found.

geoelectric 14y ago

California is at-will, but with a good-faith rider. Arbitrarily or maliciously firing someone would probably be grounds for a dispute. I don't think that dispute would be successful in this case, where some demonstrably poor judgment with predictable consequences was used, but IANAL. Edit: but as pointed out below, this company is in CO.

khuey 14y ago
They appear to be based in Colorado.
- geoelectric 14y ago
  Oops, so they are! So yeah, at-will all the way then.

runarb 14y ago

At-will employment don't allow the employer to engage in unlawful discrimination. See exceptions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment#Statutory_exceptions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment#Statutory_ex... Not at all saying that any unlawful discrimination happened her, just that this may be the base for a lawsuit, eave if she was on a at-will contract.

rdtsc 14y ago
Actually it does they just can't say it ;-) Don't like someone's race -- nod-nod-wink-wink => "restructuring" Don't like their sexual orientation -- nod-nod-wink-wink => "tough economic times" Don't like the color of their shoes -- nod-nod-wink-wink => "pivoting" And so on. It can just never be in writing or said explicitly. As long as there is a non-verbal or codified protocol between the owners (managers). To prove anything is an uphill battle -- have to really establish a pattern, as in "20 people were laid off, last year, 25 were hired, all those laid off were of this race". Stuff like that.