Lost his job for posting "Even Microsoft wants G5s"?

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ipeonipeon
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
According to this guy, he lost his job after having posted a picture of G5's being delivered to Microsoft

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  • Reply 1 of 15
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    1) Big deal. Of course they'll want G5s. They're one of the biggest software makers for the Mac platform.



    2) Spreading pictures of inside the companies grounds? How can you not see a blatant NDA violation in that. Or even industrial espionage. The guy is a duffus and got what was coming to him.



    You should retitle this thread to "Proof that only morons work at Microsoft".
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  • Reply 2 of 15
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Wow, call out the National Guard.



    I'd suggest two things to this guy.



    (A) Get a lawyer,

    (B) Go see Steve ( JOBS )



    Big bloody deal..fancy losing your job over something as trivial as that...it's not as if he was pedalling kiddy porn....



    Man O man this has wrongful dismissal written all over it.
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  • Reply 3 of 15
    kecksykecksy Posts: 1,002member
    Microsoft was well within their rights to fire him, unfortunately.
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  • Reply 4 of 15
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    funny part is they were going to the Print Shop at MS, not the Mac Business Unit.



    implies they use Macs for their publishing.



    maybe they should notify Adobe.....
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  • Reply 5 of 15
    fellowshipfellowship Posts: 5,038member
    Well it seems is trying to look more "Apple-like"



    Take a look for yourself:



    Quote:

    The Longhorn preview was released by Microsoft at the recent Microsoft Professional Developer Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. It arrived in small, soft black case that looked as if it could have been designed for an Apple.

















    Taken from the 2nd page of this story:



    ExtremeTech Story over Longhorn



    Seems likes the way Apple does things.



    Fellows
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  • Reply 6 of 15
    progmacprogmac Posts: 1,850member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by FellowshipChurch iBook

    Well it seems is trying to look more "Apple-like"



    Take a look for yourself:

















    Taken from the 2nd page of this story:



    ExtremeTech Story over Longhorn



    Seems likes the way Apple does things.



    Fellows [/B]



    Apple would NEVER use orange on beige like that, or mix in a line of blue text. I call it a cheap imitation
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  • Reply 7 of 15
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    The CD cover is a bit dodgy..." The Goods "



    Now I ask you, who would have fallen for that line ?
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  • Reply 8 of 15
    resres Posts: 711member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Aquafire

    Wow, call out the National Guard.



    I'd suggest two things to this guy.



    (A) Get a lawyer,

    (B) Go see Steve ( JOBS )



    Big bloody deal..fancy losing your job over something as trivial as that...it's not as if he was pedalling kiddy porn....



    Man O man this has wrongful dismissal written all over it.



    Unfortunately, you can be fired for just about any whimsical reason your employer may have (What! you're a Reds fan? You're fired!).
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  • Reply 9 of 15
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Tis true. Each state has it's own laws but most are "employment at will". Which means if the will is gone so is the employment.
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  • Reply 10 of 15
    krrptkrrpt Posts: 1member
    This story has been distorted. The guy is not a Microsot employee, nor is he a Xerox employee. He is an employee of a temp agency that Xerox uses to help man MSCopy.
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  • Reply 11 of 15
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Yea when ever someone gets shit canned for "no reason" there's always a background story there that has the real details.
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  • Reply 12 of 15
    dmband0026dmband0026 Posts: 2,345member
    My guess is that they were looking to fire him for a while and this was just a good excuse. He had it coming already, if he did go after them with a lawyer M $ would have a million and a half documented reasons why they fired him, in addition to this one. He has no case. The firing was legitimate, and even if it wasn't M $ would make it look that way.
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  • Reply 13 of 15
    ipeonipeon Posts: 1,122member
    Haaaaa...



    This explains why Microsoft wanted the G5's



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  • Reply 14 of 15
    mrmistermrmister Posts: 1,095member
    Or it could be any one of the many other departments that use Macs at MSFT, including the press & production departments as well as the MacBU.



    But don't let me interrupt your delusions...carry on.
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  • Reply 15 of 15
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by iPeon

    Haaaaa...



    This explains why Microsoft wanted the G5's









    mrmister has the right idea.



    Don't bump a months-dead thread for trivial reasons like this. If you do, it gets locked. Like this...
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