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Was firing an over-reaction?

Was firing an over-reaction?

Posted Mar 24, 2013 10:21 UTC (Sun) by aleXXX (subscriber, #2742)
In reply to: Was firing an over-reaction? by aleXXX
Parent article: Blum: Adria Richards, PyCon, and How We All Lost

I mean, also in Germany you can get fired if you say bad things about your employer in public.
A blog is public, a private conversation between two guys is not.

Alex


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Was firing an over-reaction?

Posted Mar 25, 2013 12:48 UTC (Mon) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129) [Link]

Yes, unfortunately there are no laws to protect whistleblowers in germany. There's a Bundestag petition to change that, but it didn't succeed so far :(

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