Man loses MS job over picture

[iNeb]

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?s...id=109&tid=187

Also, just got finished reading over his blog: http://www.michaelhanscom.com/eclecticism/

[Droppyale]

that's just plain wrong.


I smell a lawsuit coming...

[J-Excel]

The guy took a picture at work. We have a rule of no cameras at work. I'd get fired too for that reason, regardless of what the picture is.

As for the G5s, he stated on one of his pages that he works (worked) in a print shop. Macs are commonly used for grahics arts in the printing industry. Besides, even MS makes Mac software. So I don't see what the big deal is about MS ordering a bunch of Macs.

[osprey4]

They have every right to fire an employee who published photos of company operations without permission. This is nearly always prohibited by personnel policies.

[Droppyale]

I guess you guys are right....


But why not just ask him to take the picture and comments off?


why go to the extreme of firing him...

[J-Excel]

Maybe he was a lousy employee

[vass0922]

" fired a full-time temp employee "

He's a temp.. they had nothing to lose, so they booted him.
Agreed, if I took pics at work I'd be probably end up sitting in a courtroom

[M_Six]

Nothing wrong at all about that. The guy had no right to publish unauthorized pics of his employer's property and make it a "look what they're doing" issue. It's not like he's whistleblowing against some company ripping off employees or consumers. He got what he deserved.

[yang_lee1967]

that's a dumb way to get fired.

[Dputiger]

I disagree entirely, and I wouldn't sign a policy that said I can't take pictures at work. Now, if I took a photo of something IMPORTANT--say a new car design, or a top-secret product, or computer code that a competitor could use...by all means, that's fireable.

But taking a picture on the premises REGARDLESS?

Screw that. I don't work for the Nazi party, and I'm amazed at the sheep here that would take this as some kind of "right" employers have.

Well, actually le me rephrase. If you sign the paper saying an employer has the right to fire you for taking pictures, then yes, they do.

But there's no way I'd sign that piece of paper.

Then again, I'm self-employed and have been one way or the other since the age of 18.