>Microsoft fired two more staffers Thursday for engaging in on-site protests
A bit sensationalist: [the original two staffers] were fired for breaking into an executive's office which will get you fired nearly anywhere, if not have you brought up on criminal charges.
I'm afraid the younger generations have never grown out of the college bubble if they think stuff like this is acceptable. It's quite insane actually.
Recall a President of the United States resigned because someone broke into an office.
[Edit]: It appears I misread, this is an additional two employees, on top of the two that did the B&E, bringing the total to four. It's unclear what these two did specifically (the article doesn't say) but I imagine MS has had it with the shenanigans.
gruez 6 hours ago [-]
>Recall a President of the United States resigned because someone broke into an office.
To be fair they were also wiretapping/stealing stuff, which makes it slightly more serious than breaking in just to protest.
sugarpimpdorsey 5 hours ago [-]
>To be fair they were also wiretapping/stealing stuff, which makes it slightly more serious than breaking in just to protest.
Funny you should mention that because the group also planted listening devices in his office, under couch cushions and behind books, so no, they didn't break in "just to protest".
All things being equal, I don't think you can trust people who try to secretly spy on others so I see why they were fired.
What did they think they were going to find with the listening devices? This sounds like the tactic of someone who is looking for a specific admission when they already have enough evidence to know something illegal is happening, but not how far up the hierarchy it goes.
gruez 5 hours ago [-]
I stand corrected, thanks.
true_religion 5 hours ago [-]
Now adays, ordering a B&E to wiretap & steal won't cause a US president to resign. If such news ever made it out, it would immediately be called fake by the administration, and if proven, it'd only be deemed the indulgences of a 79-year-old man born during a different time so we should let it go.
Considering what era we are actually living in, B&E to merely protest should not be a first time firing offense.
rufus_foreman 27 minutes ago [-]
>> a President of the United States resigned because someone broke into an office
We don't know exactly why Nixon resigned, but we know that it was not "because someone broke into an office".
csb6 3 hours ago [-]
The employees knew that they would probably get fired for protesting/breaking/entering at work. The idea is to make what they perceive as Microsoft’s involvement in the Gaza crisis a topic of national discussion and criticism. They felt that doing this was more important than their jobs. Smugly saying “actually, you’re asking to be fired if you break into an office and do a sit-in at work” is missing the point of direct action like this, which is meant to be disruptive and understood by the protesters to have likely consequences.
A bit sensationalist: [the original two staffers] were fired for breaking into an executive's office which will get you fired nearly anywhere, if not have you brought up on criminal charges.
I'm afraid the younger generations have never grown out of the college bubble if they think stuff like this is acceptable. It's quite insane actually.
Recall a President of the United States resigned because someone broke into an office.
[Edit]: It appears I misread, this is an additional two employees, on top of the two that did the B&E, bringing the total to four. It's unclear what these two did specifically (the article doesn't say) but I imagine MS has had it with the shenanigans.
To be fair they were also wiretapping/stealing stuff, which makes it slightly more serious than breaking in just to protest.
Funny you should mention that because the group also planted listening devices in his office, under couch cushions and behind books, so no, they didn't break in "just to protest".
Source: Brad Smith 8/25 press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6tl7KoIVgA
What did they think they were going to find with the listening devices? This sounds like the tactic of someone who is looking for a specific admission when they already have enough evidence to know something illegal is happening, but not how far up the hierarchy it goes.
Considering what era we are actually living in, B&E to merely protest should not be a first time firing offense.
We don't know exactly why Nixon resigned, but we know that it was not "because someone broke into an office".