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Google Fires Blogger?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the lotsa-submissions-on-this-one dept.

Thomas Hawk writes "CNET is reporting that Mark Jen, a blogger whose candid comments about life on the job at Google sparked controversy last month, has left the company. CNET reports that it is not clear if he resigned or was fired but references a post at Google Blogoscoped where it was suggested that he may have been fired over his blog Ninetyninezeros. Given Google's push into the blogging space with their recent acquisition of Blogger it might be interesting to see how this shakes out."

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  1. More about the subject by mikkom · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Quote from A Chat with Mark Jen:
    First off, nothing Mark said surprised me. Yes, he was fired from Google. It was directly related to his blog. He was employed there for just a couple of weeks.
    So the rumor is true.
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    My quality social news site.com.
  2. vague financial-related things by brlewis · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Google may have had no chance but to fire this guy. The SEC is very strict about any kind of financial information employees share. Even a vague summary of an internal financial presentation posted to a blog could mean trouble. Any appearance of Google trying to talk up its stock through underhanded means would be investigated.

  3. EXACTLY WHY he got fired by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think I figured out exactly why he got fired.

    On January 28th (the day he got fired) Mark Jen apparently ran an Adwords Campaign pointing to his blog.

    Besides the obvious problem of him promoting a story about life at Google, regular people cannot run an ad with the word GOOGLE in it.

    Keep in mind that he worked in the adsense divison. He may have overrode this requirement. Instant termination. What was he thinking?