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Re: Anthony Levandowski Faces New Claims of Stealing

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Post by chickenfries » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 4:51 AM UTC

giarc wrote: post #71

scarmig wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So your claim is that if one person is employed by another, they're obligated to always act with their best interests at heart, even if the employer doesn't do the same for the employee? Levandowski didn't purchase her ears, memory, and voice. Just her labor for some relatively low wage however many hours per week. I'm sure in the end he'll purchase them, but at a much steeper cost than if he had just paid for them u…

I think you are obligated to stop a crime that is being committed. Imagine this is a typical company/employee relationship. Your boss isn't paying you correctly, instead of bringing it up with him (or HR, or state labor group) and resolving it you begin to collect information that is unrelated to your issue at hand (pay). You notice that your boss is selling trade secrets and paying off competitors. Instead of tellin…

The only information we both have on this is a TechCrunch article. So they've obviously just glanced the most salacious details and published a quick story. It's impossible, without reading the complaint, for us to know what is relevant.

I'll give you that, from the article, his sex toys seem irrelevant. However, if they're mentioned in the complaint, I suspect it might have something to do with a hostile work environment or sexual harassment. But that's just me speculating.

Re: Anthony Levandowski Faces New Claims of Stealing

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Post by chickenfries » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 4:56 AM UTC

giarc wrote: post #61

chickenfries wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would the ethical thing to do be? Most people, especially housekeepers, can't just quit a well paying job without first making preparation for their next steps. If your employer is committing crimes and possibly implicating you in them, you might want to stick around to make sure that you have enough evidence to take them to court. Especially if they're a lot richer than you and have much better lawyers.

You are describing blackmail. Wong - My employee isn't paying me correctly. I better start collecting private information about him and his colleagues, without his knowledge, to use in a future lawsuit. Also keep in mind the data she is collecting has nothing to do with her complaints about wage etc.

> You are describing blackmail.

Wouldn't it be blackmail if she didn't go to the courts and tried to demand money in exchange for not reporting him to the court, which she is now doing?

Re: Anthony Levandowski Faces New Claims of Stealing

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Post by dzhiurgis » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 7:03 AM UTC

giarc wrote: post #10

Isamu wrote: post #5

There are so many allegations of wrongdoing that have nothing to do with her main complaint (unpaid wages and mistreatment) that I wonder if this is a tactic to get him to settle quickly, in order to get her to shut up.

I think an issue is that she obviously was listening very closely for a very long time. There are a lot of very detailed conversations with names and specifics that go back awhile. A regular nanny probably wouldn't be listening to phone conversations and committing to memory the names and things said by your employer.

FWIW she claims to be an irregular nanny with background in medical field.

Re: Anthony Levandowski Faces New Claims of Stealing

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Post by dzhiurgis » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 7:10 AM UTC

kinkrtyavimoodh wrote: post #63

throwaway_4179 wrote: post #27

Throwaway and being intentionally vague for obvious reasons. I knew Anthony some years ago. It was clear to me from day one that not all was right with his way of interacting with the world. I suppose his nanny apparently had enough emotional intelligence to pick up on this and enough situational awareness to take notes. I wish there were a safe way to share this, especially if it turned out to be useful in any way b…

Sorry but I have a hard time considering your comment a meaningful contribution to the thread, since it is extremely common for people to #metoo with 20-20 hindsight about other people. The more lurid the details the stronger their conviction. This Uber-Waymo affair has devolved into absolute tabloid-level nonsense and we should all collectively be ashamed of it.

Wired and Techcrunch turned into Daily Mail and Independent of tech news quite a while ago.

Re: Anthony Levandowski Faces New Claims of Stealing

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Post by dzhiurgis » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 7:13 AM UTC

samfisher83 wrote: post #43

dawhizkid wrote: post #4

I guess she didn't sign an NDA. Also this guy sounds like the American Psycho guy of Tech.

Supposed she did sign a NDA. How is it going to help him. He can sue, but she isn't rich. Plus if stuff he is doing is illegal I am guessing that trumps a NDA.

> Plus if stuff he is doing is illegal I am guessing that trumps a NDA.

But the nanny probably wouldn’t know it / wouldn’t have the guts / wouldn’t have the money to find out.