Re:Uber Fires Anthony Levandowski
by CydeWeys on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @03:33PM
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Your explanation is missing a nuance in the comment I was replying to -- namely, that people were being fired for not doing the pointless simple make-work. If you're going to fire them for that, why not just fire them in the first place and skip that entirely.
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Re:Uber Fires Anthony Levandowski
by TallGuyShort on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @04:16PM
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Not familiar with the culture or mindset, but I'm guessing it's simply because "you're fired because you intentionally didn't do your work" is easier to accept mentally / emotionally then "you're fired because you're just kinda stupid and slow."
Yeah, that's in the same vein as to what I was trying to get at. Being fired because you refuse to do stupid make-work is certainly less psychologically damaging than being fired because you were no good at your real work.
Re:Uber Fires Anthony Levandowski
by TallGuyShort on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @08:57PM
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And I think it goes both ways. The firee takes it less personally, the firer doesn't feel as rude.