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I can understand why she did it. I do think she may have crossed a line -- either ethical or legal -- in the way she did it. The CEO has admitted the company could have handled the layoffs better, but maintains they were justified in the dismissal. If anything positive comes of this, perhaps it will remind those in charge of making hiring and firing decisions that they are dealing with human beings and not numbers on a budget worksheet. The French make it much more difficult to fire an employee, seeing a person's job as tantamount to a property right. They do not recognize "employ at will," and see termination of employment as a last resort, not first option.
Saw it! Open to everyone’s thoughts. Was curious as well.
This is from Cloudfares website:
“Cloudflare's core values include trust, transparency, customer focus, and teamwork.”
What she did was right, at the end of the day, to show you how corporations behave. She had a right to transparency over WHY she deserved to be terminated and they declined to offer it. Of course, corporations can feel they can do what they want and she too can feel she can do what she wants in that arrangement. They both will deal with whatever consequences next. She is just an employee ID on a spreadsheet and they are her next W2.
PS1- This exactly. I am not at all sure what ethical or legal boundary she could have possibly crossed. She literally asked for a direct answer to a single, overwhelmingly basic question: Can you explain to me what factors were taken into account that led to your determination of “poor performance” - the reasoning for my dismal that you are providing?
“No.”
If they were justified in the dismal, why could they not string together a basic sentence to articulate how so? Anyone who actually gave a damn would have been absolutely ready and prepared to answer this question. And in every single individual case.
The problem isn’t that leadership has “forgotten” that they are dealing with human beings- I mean, that is just a bit ridiculous and definitely laughable. It is that they don’t care. It really isn’t complicated and it certainly is no less than obvious.
This woman was simply honest. Not disrespectful, not disingenuous, and remarkably controlled. She rightfully checked them at the door.