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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News Flash: Employee Gets Paid Wages as Agreed

[Press2ToContinue]

Thanks for that scoop /. !!

The Bobs Just Fixed The Glitch

[Irate Engineer]

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.

Re:I would have fired her.

[__aaclcg7560]

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*

Am I the only one that finds it ironic...

[Outtascope]

... that she got fired from Yelp for posting an unflattering review?

Re:Am I the only one that finds it ironic...

[__aaclcg7560]

Ironic that they couldn't afford to pay for a better review.