Apple fires engineer after his daughter’s iPhone X video goes viral

Post by TrickyRick » Mon, Oct 30, 2017, 2:54 PM UTC

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #9

wil421 wrote: post #5

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If you are someone else’s employee then you are already “bowing to authority” or as I put it working for someone else. NDAs are serious. If I violated a NDA I would likely be taken to court as well as fired.

Yes. And that's my point: We have no autonomy to decide whether something matters. You don't get to choose. Unless, of course, you're in a position of power. Then you do. That kind of cheapens the idea that we're all working to build something great. Situations like this reveal what we're really working for.

Post by maxerickson » Mon, Oct 30, 2017, 2:56 PM UTC

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #2

It's pretty strange that someone lost their livelihood solely because they didn't bow to authority. (As opposed to a practical reason, like "what he did mattered.")

Post by dpark » Mon, Oct 30, 2017, 2:57 PM UTC

Pica_soO wrote: post #14

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #2

It's pretty strange that someone lost their livelihood solely because they didn't bow to authority. (As opposed to a practical reason, like "what he did mattered.")

Well at least this was for a reason. Remember that one guy they fired for a bad decorated apartment? You got life a representative lifestyle- so designer cloths, designer furniture- else apple does not want to associated with you. IKEA is very very close to crossing a line there.

Post by swampthinker » Mon, Oct 30, 2017, 2:59 PM UTC

Pica_soO wrote: post #14

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #2

It's pretty strange that someone lost their livelihood solely because they didn't bow to authority. (As opposed to a practical reason, like "what he did mattered.")

Well at least this was for a reason. Remember that one guy they fired for a bad decorated apartment? You got life a representative lifestyle- so designer cloths, designer furniture- else apple does not want to associated with you. IKEA is very very close to crossing a line there.

Post by strictnein » Mon, Oct 30, 2017, 3:00 PM UTC

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #22

TrickyRick wrote: post #21

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What did you expect? You have the choice of refusing to sign and thereby working somewhere else.

Except you don't. No matter where you work, the situation is the same. Your options are to smile and sign, or start your own company. And the latter isn't practical for most of us.