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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.
Her code of conduct infractions were making sexual jokes comments online (I forget if they were in Yelp or not), posting about internal company stuff, etc. combined with complaining about her wages while Instagraming photos of drinking, comments about drug use, and complaining that she couldn't take he provided snacks home, complaining about wages while simultaneously talking about making eggs Benedict.
Yeah, I'd love to see her get in front of a jury and talk about how she was fired for retaliation. She literally provided photographic evidence against her case.
"So ma'am, you said in your oct 13th post that you were too poor to afford a loaf of bread, correct? And that it was unfair that you were not allowed to take a company provided break room loaf of bread home, correct? Can you read the text of your post dated xyz? How much does a bottle of that whiskey run these days? And can you read the post from xyz date? How much does a joint run these days? How much did you spend on the ingredients for eggs Benedict? Okay, so your rent was $1300, and your biweekly checks were $730, correct. So that leaves you $150:month for food and entertainment. In this one month you blew your entire budget on making yourself a brunch while high, correct? Now can you identify the signature on the Yelp code of conduct here? That's yours, correct? Can you read section whatever about drug use? Social media stuff? Would any of those things be consistent with those codes?
You're championing tyranny of the (lazy, selfish, thieving) majority?
We're talking about making a respectable living, not luxury. Drop the strawman, you're just looking like a complete idiot.
Um, so why do you do it? You don't have to. No one needs to live in California. And wow? 30 degrees in the morning? You poor baby!
You're a human being. You're owed food, shelter and healthcare.
What? No, you're not. Not in any sense of the word, "entitled".
What you are entitled to is the RIGHT to be able to have all of the above, without guarantees.
What you are advocating is me being responsible for you WHILE AT THE SAME TIME not having to take responsibility for your actions nor allowing me to dictate to you HOW to live your life. For example, you want someone to pay your healthcare for you yet, you will not allow anyone to tell you you can't smoke, be obese, do drugs or be an alcoholic.
That is not how life works. As Heinlein would say, TANSTAAFL. If you want food, you earn it. You want shelter, you pay for it. You want it healthcare, it's up to you to get it. You are responsible for your life, not anyone else.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
By "lifestyle choices", you mean her choice to have food and heat.
The slave mentality that a lot of people like you have just amazes me. And by "people like you", I mean dickwads. They're not only unwilling to ever look sideways at the hand that feeds them (or in the case of this Yelp employee, doesn't feed them), but they're also ready to joyfully lick the master's asshole on the smallest possibility that they're fealty will be noticed.
msuave, you are a fucking disgrace. There, I've said it.
You are welcome on my lawn.