[manfredo]

It wasn't very misleading. Giving an ultimatum on threat of resignation is more or less entails giving your resignation if the company doesn't accept. My understanding is that the conversation more or less went:

Gebru: "Don't make me retract the paper and give me the names of the reviewers or I'll resign."

Google: "We're not doing that. We accept and respect your decision to resign from Google."

[tdeck]

Google has a specific process for resigning and writing a resignation letter. Saying "if you don't do this let's talk about my end date" isn't it. When the company decides you're not working there anymore and tells you so, it's a firing. That shouldn't be hard to grasp.

[knorker]

True. But it's also true that giving an ultimatum raises the stakes.

Like it's not asking for o divorce to have an affair, but it does make it a reasonable next step for the other party.