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0 pointschrissnell10y ago0 comments

The same thing happened with an ex-Reddit employee here on HN a few months back. The CEO (?) who responded came off looking far more evil than the guy that was fired. Best to take the high road in situations like these and show to the world how you really are a great company to work for.

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philh10y ago

If I'm thinking about the same event, I disagree. The CEO didn't come across as evil at all, in my eyes.

And I'm not comfortable with a meme that if you're attacked, you shouldn't defend yourself, because defending yourself will make you look bad. That just makes you easier to attack.

debaserab210y ago

I believe you're referring to this:

https://np.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2iea97/i_am_a_former_r...

I dunno, I think if you go out and try to call out your former employer on a public forum (that they own), they have the right to lay out their side of the story at least. It would have been more evil for them to remove the comment entirely - which is exactly what many companies would have in this situation.

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