Atlassian defends firing engineer for suggesting CEO is 'rich jerk'

Article

• Atlassian fired an engineer who called the CEO a ‘rich jerk’ in a workplace setting
• Company defended the termination as appropriate conduct enforcement
• Case heard in Australian employment tribunal

Discussion

• Former 5-year Atlassian employee: Mike isn’t a jerk personally, though decisions are debatable
• General take: calling your boss a jerk is unprofessional regardless of accuracy
• Sardonic consensus: now everyone knows he’s a rich jerk thanks to the lawsuit
• Jabs at Atlassian’s product quality woven throughout thread

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