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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by shadowgovt on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @12:11PM (#21815716)
As a Googler, it's not only her power to wield, it's her job description to make discerning calls.
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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by tanilama on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @12:22PM (#21815875)
> make discerning calls

about stuff that will breach company security, not to alert people of dangerous opinions. The latter is not hers to decide.

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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by shadowgovt on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @12:28PM (#21815967)
Individual Googlers inadvertantly violating the law opens the company up to risk of legal discovery processes and is therefore a beach of company security.
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