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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by SpicyLemonZest on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @11:26AM (#21815125)
The problem is, she insisted to the world (and presumably to Google as well) that she did nothing wrong here. This is a pretty minor thing to fire someone over - but what other option does a company have, when someone makes it clear that they refuse to behave properly?
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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by SirYandi on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @11:46AM (#21815382)
Whether or not she behaved properly is what I assume to be contested here.
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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by username90 on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @12:14PM (#21815763)
> but what other option does a company have, when someone makes it clear that they refuse to behave properly?

You could tell them to stop instead of firing them after the first offense.

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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by SpicyLemonZest on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @12:35PM (#21816077)
How are you supposed to trust someone to follow the rules in the future if they won’t even acknowledge they broke them?
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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by nothal on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @02:45PM (#21817862)
How can you expect anyone to be anything but defensive of their actions when you essentially fire them on the spot?
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