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Microsoft Fires Mac Fan For Blog Photo

Posted by timothy on from the camera-un-obscura dept.

christor writes "Microsoft has fired a full-time temp employee after it discovered that the employee posted in his blog a photo and story concerning Microsoft's purchase of what looks to be around 18 G5s. Check out the blog entry, Even Microsoft wants G5s, and the one that follows it. Microsoft fired the blogger, despite an offer to take the posting down. Note that this is not a free speech issue, even though the blog was hosted on a non-company server, because Microsoft is not, yet, the government. But it does present several other interesting issues, including that of the trade-off between the bad publicity that comes from the firing and whatever bad results follow when employees feel free to post such things."

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  1. too bad... by ManVsRice · · Score: 0, Troll

    Too bad it wasn't on a Microsoft server, that probably wouldn't have gotten slashdotted so quickly.

  2. Let's get it over with... by larien · · Score: 0, Troll
    "I for one will welcome our new Bill Gates overlord"

    I feel so dirty...

  3. Three words: at will employment by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · · Score: 0, Troll

    The employee is free to leave for any reason at any time with any amount of notice. The employer is free to terminate the employee for any (legal) reason at any time with any amount of notice.

    That is the whole story. There is nothing sinister here. The company exercised its mutually agreed upon rights. This is no different than if the employee decided to quit for a new job, to go back to school, or because he didn't like the flavor of the doughnuts in the snack room. This story is about rights, but every party acted within their rights and no one's rights were infringed upon. You may not like the company's decision but that doesn't make it a violation.

    In other words...nothing to see here. Move along please.