Every company I've worked at has strict policies about external communications by employees. They have a public relations department for that. Shut up and code, or get the hell out.
You can still say whatever the Hell you want, just not in a way that can be seen as representing your company.
It's not like "keep private life and work life separate" is some new thing. Twas ever thus. Say what you like, just don't identify the company you work for. I was certainly critical of Amazon publicly while I was working there, including many times on Slashdot, but I never said that I worked there during that time.
Say what you like, just don't identify the company you work for. I was certainly critical of Amazon publicly while I was working there, including many times on Slashdot, but I never said that I worked there during that time.
There is a vast difference between claiming to speak on *behalf* of Amazon, and expressing an opinion "while identified as an Amazon employee".
Obviously, every company in the world has rules to prevent the former. For example, a forklift driver in an Amazon warehouse is not allowed to call the New York Times and inform them that Amazon has endorsed Bernie Sanders for president.
But the forklift driver *should* be able to post publicly that he thinks work conditions at his warehouse are unsafe, or that he th
There is a vast difference between claiming to speak on *behalf* of Amazon, and expressing an opinion "while identified as an Amazon employee".
In your employers eyes, there isn't. Get used to that.
But the forklift driver *should* be able to post publicly that he thinks work conditions at his warehouse are unsafe,
Sure, and his employer should be able to fire him for no reason, or any reason. Freedom! But such complaints are better presented to the appropriate regulatory authorities, where you often have legal protection, and where it might make a difference.
And whistle-blower protection only applies to illegal activity.
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Every company I've worked at has strict policies about external communications by employees. They have a public relations department for that.
Shut up and code, or get the hell out.
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Yep, here in the good ole USA, you have the right to remain a slave.
Enjoy it while it still lasts.
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You can still say whatever the Hell you want, just not in a way that can be seen as representing your company.
It's not like "keep private life and work life separate" is some new thing. Twas ever thus. Say what you like, just don't identify the company you work for. I was certainly critical of Amazon publicly while I was working there, including many times on Slashdot, but I never said that I worked there during that time.
It's basic common sense!
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Say what you like, just don't identify the company you work for. I was certainly critical of Amazon publicly while I was working there, including many times on Slashdot, but I never said that I worked there during that time.
There is a vast difference between claiming to speak on *behalf* of Amazon, and expressing an opinion "while identified as an Amazon employee".
Obviously, every company in the world has rules to prevent the former. For example, a forklift driver in an Amazon warehouse is not allowed to call the New York Times and inform them that Amazon has endorsed Bernie Sanders for president.
But the forklift driver *should* be able to post publicly that he thinks work conditions at his warehouse are unsafe, or that he th
Re:Nothing unusual here (Score:2)
There is a vast difference between claiming to speak on *behalf* of Amazon, and expressing an opinion "while identified as an Amazon employee".
In your employers eyes, there isn't. Get used to that.
But the forklift driver *should* be able to post publicly that he thinks work conditions at his warehouse are unsafe,
Sure, and his employer should be able to fire him for no reason, or any reason. Freedom! But such complaints are better presented to the appropriate regulatory authorities, where you often have legal protection, and where it might make a difference.
And whistle-blower protection only applies to illegal activity.