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		gdulli on Aug 9, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fired Google engineer files complaint, weighs lega... If I brought my employer bad press or just made myself enough of a bother with complaints about their tabs vs. spaces dictate I could be fired.

caminante on Aug 9, 2017 [–]

Bad press and complaints aren't sufficient conditions for legal firing.

e.g. Employee reports OSHA violation. Company gets bad press for workplace conditions. Company can't fire employee for reporting unsafe work conditions.

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