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Holding a "my employer sucks" banner in front of your employer's offices will get you fired regardless of who the employer is or your views on geopolitics.
Technically, it was literally inside their office.
Still, it's shitty. Even shittier is the bullshit excuses they're lying or at least exaggerating. It’s typical capitalist bullshit. They don’t care what happens with their tech as long as they increase profits.
“Don’t be evil” or whatever it was it’s so far gone now I can barely remember
That's even worse. This at its core has nothing to do with Palestine or anything else. It's people loudly and publicly criticizing their employer on their own freaking premises. What did they expect? This isn't like protesting the government, where you can essentially say what you want. Your employer has no duty to let you disparage them, much less do so while seeking as much attention as possible.
These people are competent enough to get hired by Google, I promise you this discussion is the intended end result. If you worked for a company doing bad things, better to get your departure in the news vs. quitting silently. Maybe you will even convince others to quit
Not true in union shops.
True! Unfortunately the Google Union is minuscule in relation to the company.
Only in some countries
Good thing we're talking about a specific country here.
sure, just pointing out it doesn't have to be that way. your comment sounded like it was justifying the firing (maybe it wasn't)
I hate to say it, but the firing is justified. If your job requires you to do something, and you refuse to do it, that justifies the firing.
That's not to say that Google is in the right, either in providing the service to Israel or in the firings. Justified doesn't mean it's right, just that it's a valid reason.
And if you're working for a company that goes so far against your principles that you'd protest against them, even if they don't fire you, you should certainly be looking for work elsewhere. Especially if the protest doesn't work.
I also hate that you said this