Re:Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher
by pseudalopex on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:50PM
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Google didn't do that. They terminated her employment immediately. They also said it was because of her email.
Re:Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher
by JamesBarney on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:15PM
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Wait what part didn't Google do?
Re:Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher
by pseudalopex on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:22PM
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Pay her 2 weeks and wish her luck.
Re:Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher
by JamesBarney on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:35PM
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I assumed she was paid out her 2 weeks. Do you have reason to believe the didn't or won't do that?
I think the wishing of luck was circumvented by the media firestorm. Her first tweet was about losing corporate access which is usually the first thing H.R. does once a decision has been made.
Re:Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher
by pseudalopex on Friday December 04, 2020 @04:06PM
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She shared what she claimed was an email from her manager. It said her employment was terminated immediately because of her email to non management employees. I believe it was sent before the first tweet. She shared it before the media picked it up.
The employee remains employed in your scenario. Just without duties or access. Terminating employment immediately and not saying anything about severance implies not paying.
Let you continue to have access to company resources? My expectations are they would immediately terminate access to all company resources, pay me 2 weeks, send me a letter wishing me good luck on my future endeavors, and send an email to my co-workers saying I resigned.
Now later I might think, shoot maybe I shouldn't have threatened to quit if they didn't meet my demands because I really liked my job. But I don't think we should pretend this isn't exactly what 95% of all corporations would do in a similar situation.