Now, that's pretty severe.
But I dare say that palls in comparison to this. My boss says he hopes he can save my position at the company over the unsanctioned part of my little VideoSpin promotion.
Our company's free little video editor. I made a web page promoting it, and it included an unsanctioned download. (Since removed.) Trouble, trouble, trouble.
:(
I hope everything turns out ok! It's amazing what legal will think up sometimes. How dare you promote the free app you've been dedicated the recent part of your life to! For shame!
Keep us updated! I hope your company grows a brain :)
I get to meet with HR and Legal tomorrow, where they stare me down until I sob. Me: a shaking, broken man.
Although I'm jesting, I actually do have to meet with HR and Legal tomorrow...
Actualy firing you will probably not happen. But legal department are suckers for that.
You know criminal cases there the lawyers always ask for the toughest penalty full aware that at best they get a quarter of that. Like if you want a thieve to be locked for a year you have to demand at least five.
Same thing in companies, they cry for capital punisment when they actualy only want to give a negatiove revieuw.
*thumbs-up*
Ack! That sucks, I'm sorry! :(
That's odd though, I was thinking about including something in my piece about how I "knew someone who worked on the project, and they've included a mod for this purpose here," and linking to you. Glad I didn't!
Anything I can do? ;_; Maybe toss your PR folks a line and say that you introduced me to the product and I'm really impressed?
No worries, I hope I only get a slap on the wrist. But if I get worse than that, I'll tell them I have someone to scoop the story of the good employee and the short-sighted company! ;-)
Let me get this straight -- they have a veteran employee who is genuinely enthusiastic about the company and its products, to the point where he promotes them on his own time and own dime, and rather than saying "gee, thanks," they scream "off with his head!?"
So much for that "iWoz" attitude.
I hope your management aren't such morons that they fail to realize how moronic it would be to dismiss or even seriously censure you.
Good luck.
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