

Pirate our software, lose your job





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Interesting read
By othercents on 8/23/2006 10:37:35 AM , Rating: 2
I think I would have taken a different approach if I was Apple. This is why:

1) Firing them doesn't stop the ability to download the OS.
2) Firing them doesn't keep other employees from downloading.
3) Firing does make it clear to other employees not to get caught.

Granted a few employees might think twice about downloading the software, but most of them will do it anyways and just hide the fact they did it. When the employees where talking about the new OS was when they broke the NDA, so if they never talked about it then they would have only broken one rule.

I would rather have an employee that admits they where wrong than one that doesn't.


RE: Interesting read
By rushfan2006 on 8/24/2006 12:37:24 PM , Rating: 2
No...firing for theft of company property, PARTICULARLY the very cmpany property (IP) that is a major revenue earner for the company....AND breaking contract -- is well justification for termination. Despite what you think firing under such conditions is actually quite the normal SOP.

Your reasons are noble because your reasons basically state you want to believe in your people more and you believe everyone deserves another chance and such. Unfortunately, after you are in business for a few years you'll learn that such ideologies only get you in trouble and hurt the bottomline in the long run.

Finally if you don't enforce the "rules" of your company specifically when severe offenses like this'll lose faith from your shareholders and fellow management staff, and most certainly look weak in the public spotlight. In our personal lives we can say "we don't care how we look" --- in business....if you don't care about your won't be in business long.


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