Google Blogger Terminated May 12, 2005
Posted by atharkhan in : Personal , trackbackI just remembered… a friend found my blog today and asked me if I knew about the google blogger who got let go recently. That was a “shot heard around the world” I guess. Yes, I have heard about him.
I feel bad for the guy. I am sure that he was very excited to be working at Google and in this excitement, he probably said things that a publicly traded company wouldnt want out there. (Click here for the full story)
I guess Google didnt have much of a choice either. They couldnt exactly condone his blogging. Any company listed on a stock exchange has to be very careful about what it’s employees say to other people. If someone working inside Google said “theres some really cool stuff in the works” he/she could simply be talking about a new project or even some elaborate prank that he/she was about to play on someone. Someone outside the company however could read this to mean that the company was on the verge of inventing something new that could drive the stock price up and blow his life savings on it. Thats the kind of effect a company wouldnt want. I mean, if someone out there said something that could cut your 401K in half, would you let them?
If you’re looking for his original posts, you can find them here
Anyway, the guy has been hired at Plaxo which is good. I am happy that he is employed. Plaxo is a pretty cool company and I have used their product. Very cool concept. Check it out at www.plaxo.com
For now, this is about it :-)
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