• lad
      125•10 months ago

      I still think that better late than never

      • deweydecibelEnglish
        72•10 months ago

        Yeah it’s hard to shame someone for not springing to challenge their employer on every little thing the moment they become aware of it. Sometimes it takes a bit for things to pile up to the point it’s too much.

    • @ReallyActuallyFrankensteinEnglish
      120•10 months ago

      It takes a lot of courage to throw away your job, potentially career and livelihood, for your principles.

      • @[email protected]
        5•10 months ago

        Guy worked at Google. Could have basically gotten a tech job anywhere with that on his resume.

        • @[email protected]
          1•10 months ago

          My understanding is that no one’s been getting hired in tech right now due to all the hiring freezes. What world do y’all live in?

          • @[email protected]English
            3•10 months ago

            Work in tech. I still regularly get recruitment emails. if I had google on my LinkedIn, I assume I would be getting at least twice as many.

          • capital
            2•10 months ago

            I got hired ~5 months ago at a big tech company.

            • @[email protected]
              2•10 months ago

              Fair enough. That hasn’t been my experience for the last almost 2 years. Teams in our org have been told that if they lose people they can’t hire replacements. Shit’s sucked

              I’ve also been hearing about massive layoffs at tons of the biggest companies. I’d be surprised if they were still hiring, obviously.

        • @ReallyActuallyFrankensteinEnglish
          15•10 months ago

          Would be nice if that were the case. However, a reputation or being known at least in the tech industry for being a “problem” employee definitely can harm your options.

        • @[email protected]
          42•10 months ago

          I think this guy did what he felt he needed to do and it doesn’t have anything to do with us. Maybe it will spark change and maybe it won’t. The only thing I know for sure is that being a self righteous prick on the internet about his actions isn’t going to accomplish anything positive.

        • @[email protected]
          20•10 months ago

          The fact there is conversation around this topic and it’s getting traction means humanity has the ability to ponder this. If human perception is changed by the conversation then his act has created an entire change in society. It just depends. Similar to the shot heard round the world. You never know what that “shot” will be.

        • @[email protected]
          11•10 months ago

          Got news, clicks, eyeballs and engagement from the likes of you. Does that equal Google making the change? No, but every little insignificant bit adds up more than cynical internet comments do

        • @[email protected]
          8•10 months ago

          There is no such thing as “effective protest”. There is action and inaction. Protest is an ineffective middle ground that allows the enemy to target, harass and arrest you.

    • @[email protected]
      27•10 months ago

      Nobody was worried when it was happening in the town over

      Nobody was worried when it was their neighbor

      Everybody lied to themselves when it was their friend

      And by the time it came to them there was nothing left but panic and dread.

      • @[email protected]
        25•10 months ago
        First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

        Ironic with the switcheroo on the last group

        • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
          10•10 months ago

          Remember the Turner Diaries, on the Day of the Rope they don’t kill the minorities or queer folks or other “lesser thans”, they kill all the white people who are “race traitors” because they’re not also fascists.

          You are never safe from them, you’re just further down the list than who they’re after at this moment.