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This anonymous post from an alleged GitHub employee adds some interesting perspective.[1] It alleges Julie Ann Horvath was actually spreading rumors of a person
by abalone 13y ago
This anonymous post from an alleged GitHub employee adds some interesting perspective.[1] It alleges Julie Ann Horvath was actually spreading rumors of a personal nature about the founder's wife before any of this. In other words, Horvath was the bully, and she really didn't like having the tables turned on her.
If true, this would be a very difficult employee to keep at the company. She should have been fired for inappropriate behavior rather than given an elevated role (which she can now use to bolster her case). Very poor handling and it does suggest a degree of naivety on the part of management.
Having said that, the founder's wife also admits that her actions were a role in his departure.[2] It sounds like she had way too much free reign at the company and was making people uncomfortable with her activism around her startup. The fact that she presented herself to Horvath as having a lot of influence and power within the company reflects that. Plus it's a fertile ground for more serious transgressions into company privacy and so forth. Also should've been nipped in the bud early on.
[1] https://medium.com/p/d96f431f4e8e https://medium.com/p/d96f431f4e8e
[2] https://medium.com/p/2fe173c44215 https://medium.com/p/2fe173c44215
- cpncrunch 13y agoIt does sound like ineffectual people management. By the sound of it there were potentially a number of employee problems at the company, which they basically just ignored. The fact is that if someone is a bullying douchebag, they're probably going to continue with the same behaviour. (I'm not making any comments as to exactly who was the bully here, as it depends who you believe).
- alelefant 13y agoThis anonymous post is no better than the unsupported claims by Julie. Unsupported claims on top of unsupported claims.
- carterehsmith 13y agoPopcorn time! Seriously. So, she thinks someone undid her commits because… something. Is it possible that her code was… inadequate? Obsolete? Had bugs? Because, guess what, no line of code could ever be changed without someone calling names. Consider this: - OMG I am Mexican and this Asian guy undid my commits. He did it because he is racist! Call Techcrunch. - OMG I am 23 and this 45-year old guy undid my changes. Guess I should call the papers and complain!!! - OMG I am 45 and this 23-year old guy undid my changes. Guess I should call the papers and complain!!! - OMG I am gay and this coworker undid my changes. He did it because I am gay and he is straight and he is intolerant!!! - So I am Armenian and this Turkish guy undid my changes. WHAT THE HELL he did it just because I am Armenian! He hates me! - OMG I am a woman and this guy undid my changes. He did it because he hates women! Call the police!!! - OMG I am a man and this woman undid my changes. She did it just to because she is feminist bi0tch!!! - OMG I prefer functional programming, but this imperative-programming guy undid my changes! WTF what a horrible workplace can I sue someone about this? Guess what. On a large project, any piece of code may be changed by any number of people. Usually because someone found a bug, or improvement is needed. If you claim that someone changed your code _because_ you belong to some minority or whatever group, you better have some proof. In this case, if I was Ms Horvat’s employer, I would ask her to either prove her allegations, beyond reasonable doubt, in a court of law, or shut up and apologize. Maybe I would sue her for libel, too.