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Yelp Employee Posts Open Letter About Cost Of Living And Low Wages, Gets Fired (modernreaders.com)
whoever57 writes: Talia Jane was employed by Yelp in San Francisco but after posting in an open letter to Yelp's CEO, Jeremy Stoppelman, that her after tax income of $8.15 was insufficient to provide basic necessities like heating, food, etc., she discovered that she had been fired. How did she discover? Her work email stopped working. Even her boss did not know what had happened. Stoppelman denies having a hand in her firing, making the claim "(There are) two sides to every HR story so Twitter army please put down the pitchforks," replying to the criticism. He didn't personally turn off her email, perhaps he did not even make the decision to fire her, but as the person who ultimately sets the culture and policies of the company, his claim to not be directly responsible is unconvincing.
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Talia Jane was actually fired 4 years ago, but they forgot to stop her paychecks and email. They just "fixed the glitch".
Her red Swingline was also confiscated.
Left MS Windows for Linux Mint and never looked back!
Vote for Bernie in 2016!
You can be fired for not sounding cheerful enough when you greet your CEO in the elevator, if he so desires and is that petty.
*cough* Steve Jobs *cough*
I would have found a way to supplement my income. I see people selling Yelp 'reputation management' services all the time, being an inside /(wo)?man/ on that would be profitable indeed.
I read Talia's essay and thought it was very well written.
You, sir or madam, clearly do not have an English degree.
Her essay used sentence fragments, run on sentences, split infinitive, improper grammar, and a host of other follies which one would not expect of someone with a degree in English Literature.
I would post a link to her actual essay (in reality, nothing more than a blog posting on a rather unsurpassing blog platform company), but to do so would drive traffic to the site, and I cannot force myself to do that in good conscience.
Have gnu, will travel.
But you repeat yourself :)
How could someone fresh out of college have no marketable skills? College is where special snowflakes, each of whom intrinsically is gifted with special things to contribute to society, learn more about themselves and how to bring out those special talents in ways that will benefit the community. Of course someone fresh out of talent is loaded with marketable skills: you don't lose your marketable skills until you turn 30 and join the establishment.
TIL why they're called Yelp. It's the noise they like their employees to make.
... that she got fired from Yelp for posting an unflattering review?