Comment on Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’

• underwire212@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Ethical options?

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  • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You should be able to get hired by someone without defense contracts if that is what bothers you

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• elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  …maybe.

  Or, hear me out, the dude specifically applied for Microsoft with the intention of changing shit.

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  • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Do you think a non-executive hire has that ability? That’s a stretch IMO

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    • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Uh, yes? It’s not about sending a message inside MS only. It was about sending it out there. See how we’re discussing the story? Are we MS employees? Where’s my 401K?

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