Re:Tesla fires female engineer who alleged sexual harassment
by tertius on Thursday June 01, 2017 @10:38AM
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> Companies don't have the emotions people have.
You forget, companies solely consist of people and are solely owned by people. It's a legal vehicle.
People, of which companies consist, have feelings and emotions.
Re:Tesla fires female engineer who alleged sexual harassment
by shard972 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @09:06PM
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I'm no fan of Telsa but I feel like any large company with a decent PR team would be a little anxious with an employee suing you and talking publicly about it.
It's their job to make the company look good so it would seem logical they would want to try and get this water under the bridge.
If they thought it was valid, it seems the PR team would push for settlement without admitting wrongdoing but if they really do believe she is out on a limb, firing her does seems like the go to option and let it go to court to try and clear the charge.
In large organisations, the effect of employee lawsuits may even be beneficial, because it allows for a mechanism to escalate serious issues before they become even worse, while the high barriers in terms of cost, emotional burden etc. serve to discourage frivolous complaints.