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Google blogger: 'I was terminated'
CNet ^ | 02/11/2005 | Evan Hansen

Posted on 02/11/2005 4:31:12 PM PST by r5boston

Mark Jen was fired for blogging, the ex-Googler confirmed in a Web posting on Thursday.

"On Jan. 28, 2005, I was terminated from Google," Jen wrote on his blog, Ninetyninezeros. "Either directly or indirectly, my blog was the reason. This came as a great shock to me because two days ago we had looked at my blog and removed all inappropriate content...If I was told to shut down this blog, I would have."

Jen's departure came just 11 days after he joined Google as part of a wave of new hires and began recording his impressions of his new employer, including criticisms, in his blog.

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1 posted on 02/11/2005 4:31:12 PM PST by r5boston
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To: r5boston

I have been a contractor for years going from place to place prrgramming- none of my employers had any clue about my home life- that is just plain common sense.

If he had kept it to himself he would not have exposed himself- now he has to live with his actions.

Was google justified in firing him? I dont know- but if he is as stupid as he sounds....


2 posted on 02/11/2005 4:34:40 PM PST by Mr. K (this space for rent)
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To: Mr. K
My thoughts as well were, what a moron.

If he's serious, save it for a book -- don't blog it.

3 posted on 02/11/2005 4:41:39 PM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: tallhappy
began recording his impressions of his new employer, including criticisms, in his blog.

Early candidate for Idiot of the Year. Any year.

4 posted on 02/11/2005 4:52:39 PM PST by JennysCool (I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. -Johnny Carson)
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To: r5boston

On a similar theme:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1341507/posts


5 posted on 02/11/2005 7:48:23 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (How do you spell dynasty? P-A-T-R-I-O-T-S!)
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