Margaret Mitchell fired from Google

Re:Margaret Mitchell fired from Google by pseudalopex on Saturday February 20, 2021 @08:04AM (#26203813)

California law says conditional resignations count when the conditions are met. Gebru proposed discussing a resignation date after she was back from vacation.[1] Those conditions were not met.

California law allows the employer to accelerate the last day of work. Not the effective date of resignation.

Gebru advised coworkers to stop writing documents about DEI initiatives. Not to stop work.

[1] https://twitter.com/timnitgebru/status/1334341991795142667

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Re:Margaret Mitchell fired from Google by username90 on Saturday February 20, 2021 @12:23PM (#26205930)

Is it illegal to say they resigned when you fired them? It makes sense to say that they resigned when you accelerated their termination after they said they want to quit, even if you still legally treat it as a normal firing. Pretty sure Google still filed the paperwork's correctly so she got her unemployment benefits, and if they didn't then I trust their lawyers view on it much better than yours.

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Re:Margaret Mitchell fired from Google by pseudalopex on Saturday February 20, 2021 @12:30PM (#26205988)

I don't know if it's illegal. And I don't think it matters. What matters to me it casts doubt on everything else Google claimed. And it's petty.

They didn't just say she resigned. They said they accepted her resignation. You can't accept what wasn't offered.

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