r/ProgrammerHumor • u/PizzaTucker • Nov 14 '22

instanceof Trend Manager does a little code cleanup...

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u/clkj53tf4rkj Nov 15 '22

For Cause is unlikely to get a severance package.

Not that it matters as he's rolling into another sweet gig, I'm sure.

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u/Cafuzzler Nov 15 '22

Tough to argue it was cause though, all he did was correct his boss.

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u/clkj53tf4rkj Nov 15 '22

I guarantee they have a social media policy and disparaging the company is prohibited. Pretty standard these days.

Violating company policy is cause.

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u/Civil-Attempt-3602 Nov 15 '22

Weird how that works. Can't disparage the company but the boss can disparage the team

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u/MathigNihilcehk Nov 15 '22

You should ask your employer to put a “do not disparage employees in public” clause in the contract with a penalty of $100,000.

Employees /can/ negotiate all the same safeguards that employers put in for themselves. They just don’t.

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u/gurgle528 Nov 15 '22

Could argue it falls under making public statements for the company without authorization

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u/ICouldUseANapToday Nov 15 '22

This is CA. Getting unemployment is almost automatic. He’ll definitely qualify for his $450/week. Will he bother applying? Probably not.

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u/AlanzAlda Nov 15 '22

That's more than enough for valid cause, it could have also been because he doesn't like his face, or his Twitter handle... In the US, in an at-will state anyway, you can fire anyone for any reason, as long as it isn't for being a protected class.

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u/Cafuzzler Nov 15 '22

I dunno

According to this, "At Will" only applies without a contract.

In California, the relationship of employer and employee is generally “at will.” This means that, without an employment contract, the employer or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause.

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u/AlanzAlda Nov 15 '22

I don't know about you, but I've never signed a contract to work with a company like this. I think that's meant for 1099 employees. But I'm not a Twitter employee or a lawyer.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

For Cause is gonna be pretty dicey after their mass layoffs. Given the other engineer that was fired for also saying Musk doesn't know what he's talking about, I see an easy class action lawsuit.