GitHub apologizes for firing Jewish person who warned coworkers about Nazis

GitHub has issued public and private apologies for a controversial incident involving an employee getting fired.

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GitHub apologized for firing a Jewish employee who warned people about Nazis at the U.S. Capitol. The company admits that "significant errors of judgment and procedure" occurred. The company is offering the employee their job back.

Microsoft-owned GitHub admitted that "significant errors of judgment and procedure" occurred that led to the firing of a Jewish employee who warned people about Nazis. The company issued a public apology and has offered the person their job back, according to The Verge. GitHub's head of HR, Carrie Olesen, has also resigned as part of an effort to "[take] personal accountability" for the situation.

GitHub met criticism when an employee warned coworkers about Nazis at the U.S. Capitol building. The employee stated, "stay safe homies, Nazis are about" in a Slack channel at GitHub. A coworker took offense at the word Nazi... http://feeds.windowscentral.com/~r/wmexperts/~3/uYo4rX0t6c8/github-apologizes-firing-jewish-employee-who-warned-about-nazis

Created 3y | Jan 18, 2021, 12:20:54 PM


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