• Gamma@beehaw.org
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    18 hours ago

    I think beating him while he’s down is too much. Mean comments on the internet do not compare to having to find a new job while recovering from covid

    • Totally Human Emdash User@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      18 hours ago

      Fair enough. Realistically, my understanding is that he and the other authors are part of WGA, so Ars would be required to go through an investigative process before firing him, which would probably take enough time that he would have had plenty of time to recover from COVID before having to hunt for a job.

      Having said that, I am out for change, not for blood. I think that if Ars announced that the root problem was the lack of sick leave so it was a systemic failure rather than a personal failure (or something along those lines), then that might actually be a pretty good outcome as well.