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Please don't

Posted Mar 22, 2013 15:06 UTC (Fri) by job (guest, #670)
In reply to: Firing was over-reaction by DOT
Parent article: Blum: Adria Richards, PyCon, and How We All Lost

We do not know if anyone overreacted here or not. Only the employer and ex-employee have all the facts why this person was fired. We don't. And I don't think it is within "the highest level of respect for others" to speculate.

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Please don't

Posted Mar 22, 2013 16:24 UTC (Fri) by DOT (subscriber, #58786) [Link]

The male ex-employee in question said the following: "As a result of the picture she took I was let go from my job today."

The announcement from SendGrid is not available anymore, but secondary sources imply that it announced firing the female ex-employee because of this incident.

A tragic turn of events this is. A mystery, not so much.