| > he was fired for breaching the company's civil code of conduct. We've yet to hear details of what this really mean, and if this CoC is applied fairly. It sounds like the violation i a) based on a particular interpretation of the memo, or b) based on the subjective offense of other employees. This sounds like the "cultural fit" loophole of the left. > That's different than being fired for an idea Is it? Have all the ideas you want, just don't express them, even in forums than are specifically for that purpose? Why isn't the leaker being punished? > If I started onto my company's social intranet There are plenty liberal/left essays floating about the google intranets, this is not you average employer. > he created a hostile atmosphere Did he? The leaker, and those who misrepresented the content of the memo seem to be implicit in that. > This resulted in bad press So does any whistle-blower. But again - He did not leak the memo. |
Yeah, but do they call a third of their coworkers incompetent?
It's not the fact that it's an opinion piece, it's that it's a very tactless way of approaching the situation. I'm not defending the leaker here, but once it did get leaked, there really was little the company could do to keep him a productive member of the workforce.