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the email to Aboussad reads. “It is also concerning that you have not apologized to the company, and in fact you have shown no remorse for the effect that your actions have had and will have.”

Obviously there were going to fire these employees, especially the one who gave notice then did this.

But why the fuck would anyone be like “yOu DiDn’T eVeN aPoLoGiZe To ThE cOmPaNy”? That’s the stupidest god damn thing I’ve heard since “Liberation Day”

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meco03211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
What about “you haven’t even thanked us!” to Zelensky?

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- Aceofspades@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Same energy.
  
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kautau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Image

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GreenCavalier@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Apologized? Did they berate her for not “wearing a suit” too?

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FourWaveforms@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
That email was almost certainly written by lawyers with the intention of supporting MS in court, should it come down to that.

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- shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Bingo. Lots of stupid things at this level boil down to legal protection. You’ll see it everywhere once you learn and look.
  
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  - parody@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    “Lucky we’re not countersuing! Oh the damages you are certain to be causing in the futureeee, the burns”
    
    Actually now that I think about it maybe this was a multimillion dollar protest. The headlines have been published for and wide. I bet a few people spent more time feeling guilty than working right after as well - imagine one of them quitting. Still somewhat hard to believe it would lose them contracts but perhaps there will be potential customers who want to avoid connection with Microsoft until this blows over.
    
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- binom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  that makes sense. i hate the fact that such a blatant play at covering your bases could hold up in any court. no matter the legal fineprint, it takes two functioning braincells to realise what’s going on here
  
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GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Hey, when’s the last time you shown remorse to your multi-trillion market cap employer? Next you’re gonna tell me something really outrageous like you didn’t even take a sweart an oath of fealty to them.

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seeigel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

But why the fuck would anyone be like “yOu DiDn’T eVeN aPoLoGiZe To ThE cOmPaNy”?

Frame the debate. MS doesn’t have to justify their profiteering if they can talk about the employee. The attention span of the public is limited.

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Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
C-suits don’t live in the same world as the rest of us. Simple as that.

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guywithoutaname@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Have you said thank you to us even once?!

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ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Have you even said Thank You?!?

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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Because law. At every opportunity, make it seem like the employees were not blowing the whistle, but purposefully harming the company.

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