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There's plenty of blame to go around. The individual who was fired said "As a result of the picture she took I was let go from my job today. Which sucks because
by Aqueous 11y ago
There's plenty of blame to go around. The individual who was fired said "As a result of the picture she took I was let go from my job today. Which sucks because I have 3 kids and I really liked that job."
That certainly seems to be drawing a causal link between the picture being taken / Tweeted, and the firing. Is that not accurate or are there details that I haven't understood?
I would agree with you if it wasn't clear that the entire purpose of the Tweet (with picture) was public shaming. She knew the audience (her thousands of followers) and she knew their possible (even likely) reaction. That was the whole point. She took a semi-public, fundamentally local act and made it completely public and potentially global. That does not seem to be a proportionate reaction to the offense.
She should have known about the public fallout this could have on the employees and their employer. As a PR professional Adria Richards is / ought to be fully aware of what she puts out into the world and the potential consequences of putting it out there.
"PyCon met with the individuals at the time, who apologized for their vulgar remarks." But not before Adria Richards had already tweeted a picture of the offenders. Neither were given a chance to apologize before Adria Richards made the split-second decision to go completely public.
- jellicle 11y ago> The individual who was fired said "As a result of the picture she took I was let go from my job today. Which sucks because I have 3 kids and I really liked that job." Isn't it really "As a result of my manager firing me, I was let go from my job today"? Or even "As a result of my shameful actions at PyCon, I was let go from my job today"? Do you blame the reporter in all circumstances? If you hear about Texas executing a murderer, do you think to yourself "it's the fault of the person who reported that crime that that man was executed"? Or do you think the state of Texas and possibly the person's own actions may have had something to do with it?
- deciplex 11y agoHis actions at PyCon were not shameful, and his employer had to let him go to avoid being drawn into the witch hunt any more than they already had been. Perhaps I can blame his employer for not standing a little stronger, but mainly I'm going to blame the person who instigated the witch hunt in the first place. And Adria Richards, who as a developer evangelist is necessarily social media-savvy, knew exactly what she was doing when she took the incident onto Twitter.
- jellicle 11y ago> drawn into the witch hunt What witch hunt? The fired developer has literally never even been identified publicly. To this day.