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Was firing an over-reaction?

Was firing an over-reaction?

Posted Mar 23, 2013 14:16 UTC (Sat) by robert_s (subscriber, #42402)
In reply to: Was firing an over-reaction? by drag
Parent article: Blum: Adria Richards, PyCon, and How We All Lost

> So bad behavior in this manner is it's own punishment.

But not at all in a proportional way.

An employer will risk losing a relatively small amount of productivity and re-recruiting costs that they can most likely afford.

An employee will lose their livelihood. 100% of their income.


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