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• @githubpolicy @githubpolicy on x

  We found significant errors of judgment and procedure in a recent employee separation. We have reversed the separation, and our head of HR has taken personal accountability and resigned from GitHub. We apologize sincerely to the employee. https://github.blog/...

• @ekp Ellen K. Pao on x

  So many questions like Can you actually take personal accountability without putting your name to it What separation package did she get What is being done to prevent this from happening again What other HR decisions need to be reversed Does Nat get dinged for hiring&managing her…

• @inafried Ina Fried on x

  Microsoft-owned GitHub apologizes for controversial firing, offers employee job back https://www.axios.com/...

• @infosec_taylor Ashley on x

  Why should we call out companies/people for doing crappy things? Because it can work. It isn't “drama.” It's asking for change. https://twitter.com/...

• @jillwohlner Jill Wohlner on x

  Also notice this was put out on a Sunday of a holiday weekend in hopes of getting less press. https://twitter.com/...

• @jillwohlner Jill Wohlner on x

  Heads of HR don't operate in a vacuum and they make moves with approvals from their boss in the C-Suite. https://twitter.com/...

• @shannonvallor Shannon Vallor on x

  I know there are still problems with GitHub and ICE etc. But can we at least acknowledge how rare it is to see accountability for unethical and discriminatory HR actions, and the need to now set this as a standard that we expect others to meet? https://twitter.com/...

• @iamjkeating @iamjkeating on x

  This was horrific to witness from the inside. I'm feeling much better about my employment given this resolution. It's not often you see this much public transparency on a matter such as this. (I'll admit there are still significant issues remaining) https://twitter.com/...

• @jsnover Jeffrey Snover on x

  Wow. Talk about courage and being incapable of sustained error! Everyone makes mistakes. How those mistakes are handled is a gauge of character. Kudos to Github. https://twitter.com/...

• @jennleaver Jenn Leaver on x

  Genuinely shocked (in a good way) to see this outcome. This tweet is a bit misleading. Reversing the separation doesn't mean the employee has accepted the offer to return. This is one small step in righting THIS wrong, not the solution to fixing everything that's happened. https:…

• @tef_ebooks Tef on x

  here's a list of unanswered questions about this https://twitter.com/...

• @polotek Marco Rogers on x

  What other hiring decisions need to be reversed? Whew, shit. People don't wanna have that conversation. They're gonna want to treat this as an “isolated incident”. Rather than facing the fact that their leaders have been harming employees for who knows how long. https://twitter.c…

• @benadida Ben Adida on x

  Thank you @github, for the investigation, correction, and apology. https://twitter.com/...

• @evankinney @evankinney on x

  hey, cool! good job. but: - did you financially compensate the employee in question and offer them assistance finding a new job if desired, because i'd for sure not want to work there anymore - you still have contracts with ICE. when are you going to get rid of them? https://twit…

• @privacylawyerd @privacylawyerd on x

  If you're “in communications with his representative,” you haven't “reversed the separation,” you've just realized you screwed up, are liable for an employment discrimination law suit, & are negotiating a settlement of some kind. https://twitter.com/...

• @svqjournalist Sergio Quintana on x

  GitHub backtracks after firing a Jewish employee who warned colleagues in DC to be careful about Nazi's as the Capitol was swarmed by rioters. Among those in the crowd that besieged the Capitol were self described Neo Nazis and White Supremacists. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @rafaelshimunov Raf on x

  Respect to all the antifascists working for @github, who fought back against the firing of an employee who cited that Nazis were indeed attempting a coup at the Capitol. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @ketanj0 Ketan Joshi on x

  Github fired a Jewish employee because that employee warned colleagues about the presence of neo nazi white nationalist terrorist. Absolutely amazing. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @rakshesha @rakshesha on x

  “We saw a lawsuit coming and started frantically hitting ctrl+z while pushing the head of HR into the path of the oncoming discovery train.” https://twitter.com/...

• @itsthebrandi @itsthebrandi on x

  I, for one, would like to know if there was a nice settlement and whether the employees sending anti-semitic shit are still there. https://twitter.com/...

• @wboscoho Bosco on x

  “The warning sparked criticism from a colleague who took offense at the use of the word” So... why did his colleague object to the term? https://twitter.com/...

• @threddyrex @threddyrex on x

  extremely pleased to see this https://twitter.com/...

• @malwarejake Jake Williams on x

  Remember the ethical question I asked on Friday about possibly looking for those supporting violence at the Capitol? I was completely unaware that GitHub had already done the opposite and is now reversing their mistake. https://twitter.com/...

• @sangster Ben on x

  “GitHub reverses a poor decision instead of doubling down” was not on my 2021 bingo card https://twitter.com/...

• @nerdyandnatural @nerdyandnatural on x

  I hope several people are fired for this and that employee is given a settlement whether he decides to come back to his job or not https://twitter.com/...

• @zoeschiffer Zo Schiffer on x

  BREAKING: GitHub admits the Jewish employee was fired in error and is offering him his job back. The company's head of HR is resigning. https://twitter.com/...

• @thomasfuchs @thomasfuchs on x

  “We're sorry we've been called out on this.” https://twitter.com/...

• @migueldeicaza Miguel de Icaza on x

  Very unusual for Corporate America -which has a tendency of circling the wagons and doubling down on these HR disputes- to reverse course: https://twitter.com/...

• @katerosebee Kate on x

  This kind of shitshow is what happens when ex: a director or VP is consistently enabled by their company to disappear employees they don't like or consider troublemakers. It's not worth this just to keep some senior manager from having a tantrum. https://twitter.com/...

• @samstarling Sam Starling on x

  “Employee separation” is the new “conscious uncoupling” https://twitter.com/...

• @william_fitz William Fitzgerald on x

  Wow. The Github worker fired for telling people in D.C. to watch out for Nazi's has been reinstated & the head of HR resigned following “significant errors of judgment and procedure”. Huge win for tech workers pushing back against terrible management. https://github.blog/... http…

• @kateconger O...K on x

  Wow. GitHub reinstating an employee who told coworkers to stay safe from Nazis during the Capitol riots: https://twitter.com/...

• @emilygorcenski @emilygorcenski on x

  Holy crap https://twitter.com/...

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x

  GitHub has rehired the Jewish employee it fired for saying “Nazis are about” during the Capitol Hill insurrection and their head of HR has resigned for the bad decision. This is a quick and welcome response to the employee outcry. https://github.blog/...