Well, the lesson I'm taking from this is to have a good HR department, and listen to them.
One of their most valuable functions is to stop you "letting go of" people for stupid and petty reasons that blow up in your face, spectacularly.
One of their most valuable functions is to stop you "letting go of" people for stupid and petty reasons that blow up in your face, spectacularly.
There's also the angry email that she sent to other people ranting about Google's behavior and telling them to stop work.
Either of these scenarios would get you fired any place that I have worked.