Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers of right to organize

Post by CodeMage » Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 2:35 PM UTC

mytailorisrich wrote: post #29

Maxion wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you further read the article, she went through the standard approval process for changes. She did it by the book. That's hardly "injecting code".

> Spiers, 21, said she went through the standard approval process, which requires two co-workers to greenlight changes, before updating the Chrome browser extension That sounds like code review approvals, not actual project/management approval of the 'feature'. We have the same: Cannot commit any code change unless 2 other team members have reviewed it. That has nothing to do with having actual project/management app…

Post by kop316 » Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 2:35 PM UTC

iwantagrinder wrote: post #19

kache_ wrote: post #7

>Kathryn Spiers, who worked as a security engineer, updated an internal Chrome browser extension so that each time Google employees visited the website of IRI Consultants — the Troy, Michigan, firm that Google hired this year amid a groundswell of labor activism at the company — they would see a pop-up message that read: “Googlers have the right to participate in protected concerted activities.” You should get fired…

Did you not read the part where she did, where she followed the process by the book and it was approved? Or did you just have your mind made up to decide to side with Google instead?

Post by thrower123 » Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 2:35 PM UTC

Maxion wrote: post #16

cj wrote: post #5

> Kathryn Spiers, who worked as a security engineer, updated an internal Chrome browser extension so that each time Google employees visited the website of IRI Consultants — the Troy, Michigan, firm that Google hired this year amid a groundswell of labor activism at the company — they would see a pop-up message that read: “Googlers have the right to participate in protected concerted activities.” So basically, the Go…

If you further read the article, she went through the standard approval process for changes. She did it by the book. That's hardly "injecting code".

Post by danso » Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 2:36 PM UTC

kache_ wrote: post #7

>Kathryn Spiers, who worked as a security engineer, updated an internal Chrome browser extension so that each time Google employees visited the website of IRI Consultants — the Troy, Michigan, firm that Google hired this year amid a groundswell of labor activism at the company — they would see a pop-up message that read: “Googlers have the right to participate in protected concerted activities.” You should get fired…

Post by ninly » Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 2:36 PM UTC

Maxion wrote: post #20

Did no one read the article? > Spiers, 21, said she went through the standard approval process, which requires two co-workers to greenlight changes, before updating the Chrome browser extension. Another source at Google familiar with the update approval process confirmed to NBC news that those two approvals are standard practice for a browser extension update. She did it exactly according to internal policy. The exte…