Valve hardware developer Jeri Ellsworth fired

@weisguy119

Best reply/comment in this whole disscusion.  Here in America most of the normal common people have a corporate slave mentality...until they get laid off for no good reason and then realise they were laid off so some CEO d-bag could have a bigger bonus to their already million dollar salary.

What's worse is the gaming industry is NOTORIOUS for hiring people to do a game/job then IMMEDIATELY firing them once the game is done, even if the game is a huge commercial success. It's disgusting to say the least. At best the companies could be up-front and say "We're hiring you to work on this specific game, once it's done you'll be looking for another job.", but they never say that, even though today in the industry it's almost a given that you could bet on.

@SystemOnline @MAD_AI   People in America today have been brainwashed by their corporate masters to be a bunch of bootlickers. It still amazes me that people rush to the defense of companies who would lay them off in a heartbeat if it meant the CEO could get a bigger bonus check at the end of the year. The disparity between the average Joe's wages and the typical CEO's salary is getting galactic in scale, yet workers still fight for the CEO's right to take even more - it's mind boggling.

@Gr3gSolidus @SystemOnline @MAD_AI Fry the chicken!

@SystemOnline @MAD_AI Cut the dead weight.

@MAD_AI Nobody said you! Why does everything have to do with you!? Yes, you can voice your opinion, and I LIKE CAULIFLOWERS! It just wasn't relevant to what I was saying if you think that we can't take sides in this.

I defended the fired employee because her employer, as well the people commenting, seems to have adopted an attitude that firing people is a definite route to progress, which I frankly don't entirely agree with, to say the least. Seriously, why are we arguing? Because we're literally arguing about the fact that we're arguing right now

@SystemOnline @MAD_AI 

No it's not, I never mentioned the employees in this scenario or Valve. But in regards to the general idea of a relationship between employee and his employer, as I said earlier, it has it's merits to be a tough boss to know when to be lenient and when to crack the whip. 

I commented because I have the right to voice my opinion, isn't that why you commented? 

And no one is celebrating someone's sudden unemployment, least of all not me, unless you're referring to the legions of idiots below then they don't speak for me.I have been both an employer and an employee, and suffered being fired before, so I take no pleasure in seeing someone loosing their job, but it irks me when someone quickly jumps up to defend someone fired as if being fired suddenly and automatically makes them a victim of a grave injustice when they could have just as well be failing at their work.

@MAD_AI That is a far cry from the comment you made earlier, and if that's truly what you think then why did you comment in the first place? I was merely saying that there's no reason to celebrate someone's unemployment and nowhere did I suggest that this person was unlawfully fired.

@SystemOnline @MAD_AI 

I'm not defending anyone, except that an employer has the right to lay off an employee if the later fails in his duty. 

Fact is neither you, I or anyone know why they were let go, and until there are fact, I do not defend either side and I see this just as normal as any other company laying off employees. 

@SolidTy  @CaptainGamespot Oh. Never heard that joke.