Google fires new-hire for posting a picture of his uniform & leaking some inforeddit.com 6 pointsDanielOcean14 years ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−calciphus14yYeah, zero pity for this guy who blows a company secret because he wants to brag about his new job online."I thought the NDA only applied to what we were doing, not the entire business unit that hadn't been revealed yet!"Well, then you weren't paying attention during training.−Zikes14yThe NDA was still in effect. Any company would have done the same thing.−jinushaun14yEventually the Facebook generation will relearn the common sense sharing etiquette that existed before the Internet. Until then, we'll see a lot more stories like these.
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Yeah, zero pity for this guy who blows a company secret because he wants to brag about his new job online.
"I thought the NDA only applied to what we were doing, not the entire business unit that hadn't been revealed yet!"
Well, then you weren't paying attention during training.
The NDA was still in effect. Any company would have done the same thing.
Eventually the Facebook generation will relearn the common sense sharing etiquette that existed before the Internet. Until then, we'll see a lot more stories like these.