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Comment by JKCalhoun

8 months ago

I saw this happen at Apple to an engineer on my team — maybe 8 to 10 years ago.

Yeah, it did look like the die was already cast, they just wanted perhaps a lawsuit-proof way of showing them the door.

Was it justified or was your colleague wronged?

  • He was probably the smartest guy on the team. And when push came to shove, productive as hell. I think management didn't appreciate how much time he spent reading web comics though (you know, when push was not around).

    I imagine he'd have flourished if work-from-home had been a thing then.