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Re:1k Netflix employees threaten work stoppage over Dave Cha... by bko on Sunday October 17, 2021 @08:48PM (#28901136)
> What would you say if Netflix called their bluff and just fired all the people that walked out?

The employees would go on to complain about being improperly let go. This is what happened to Google AI Ethicist Timnit Gebru [0]. She wrote a very public letter demanding changes or she'll resign and Google took her up on the offer. If you go through her twitter[1] you can see she made the firing into her identity now even though it happened nearly a year ago now. It's kind of sad

[0] https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/3/22150355/google-fires-tim...

[1] https://twitter.com/timnitGebru

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Re:1k Netflix employees threaten work stoppage over Dave Cha... by arthurcolle on Sunday October 17, 2021 @09:02PM (#28901221)
* she/her

great byline, surely a hill to die on as opposed to real credentials. Can't remember what this is from but this quote always feels super applicable to these times: "World's gone mad, going off the grid. over"

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