Well, indeed, you are describing a company in which you cannot be fired for exercising your right to free speech. As you mention, this is not the case of all companies, but it's basically the case at Mozilla.
Best regards, David On 15/04/14 02:10, G.King wrote: > I think it was referenced on Planet Mozilla, but I'm not sure, but definitely > from a Mozilla site of some kind from a Mozilla person, or I would not have > known this place existed, and I have read so much about this that it would > take me forever to find it again. I was trying to look for some member of > Mozilla sticking up for Mr. Eich when I found this joint, is my recollection. > I would not have posted again if I hadn't got dinged on my phone that you had > answered me. Don't worry, I know this place is for Mozilla only on a normal > basis and I won't intrude on your sanctum again after this. Just the whole > story intrigued me. > > Now, once the "brave" employees posted on Twitter, it was obviously too late, > was it not? Duh. I just happen to believe that it is an incredibly dumb > policy to let that happen. I don't know of a single company that allows that > in the business world that I am familiar with. I believe a couple of the > employees that tweeted their wishes for the boss to leave even praised the > organization by saying how great it was they could do this kind of thing free > from any repercussions to them personally. Quite brave of them I thought to > myself when I read that. Of course a bunch of other people, like the person > who built Mozilla and provided them a place to work, felt the repercussions. > The reason people in the real world would get fired for this is because of > exactly what has happened. Must have made Mr. Eich feel great that Mozilla > people were calling for his head on the Internet. > > I think the policy is naive, even childlike, but it makes for some really > feel good press,looks good in the employee manual, and makes the obviously > cloistered and really "noble" employees of Mozilla feel like they are so very > different and special. Not like the normals out here in the regular world. > Unfortunately, the real world raised it's ugly head. Sucks when that happens > don't it? I had no idea you guys had that "badmouth the company that provides > your paycheck, it's ok" policy. Then your defense of it afterwards is really > off putting to me personally, like this was all outsiders, and how great you > all are, and it's just not your fault. I disagree. If I had known you guys > were this touchy feely and modern and able to ignore logic, I would have > never used your stuff in the first place. I mean My God, what were you > thinking? What else is this brain trust of Mozilla capable of? What kind of > an environment do you have there that anybody in their right mind would think > this was ok to do? Creeps me out. I sure as hell don't trust ya at this > point. Seems like there is no control, or adults running the show. I find it > all very disgusting and dishonorable, but that's just me. I don't write code > or anything like that, I just used your products. You don't owe me a thing. > Thanks > for responding though. > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > -- David Rajchenbach-Teller, PhD Performance Team, Mozilla
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