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Hootsuite employee fired after speaking out about company's ICE deal

by foofoo55 on 10/6/20, 8:40 PM with 24 comments

  • by PragmaticPulp on 10/6/20, 11:35 PM

    For context, this employee spoke out negatively against Hootsuite, her employer, for taking a contract with ICE that she objected to: https://twitter.com/samelaanderson/status/130891700743848345... Her Twitter thread has over 10,000 retweets.

    I can respect someone taking the initiative to speak out against business choices they disagree with, but you can't openly start a social media campaign against your employer and expect to keep your job.

  • by pornel on 10/6/20, 11:12 PM

    The interesting bit is that Hootsuite is a B Corp: https://bcorporation.net/

    > Certified B Corporations are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose.

  • by srtjstjsj on 10/6/20, 9:28 PM

    > Hootsuite issued a statement the next day announcing that it was backing out of the ICE contract.

    Interesting way to split the difference.

  • by munk-a on 10/6/20, 11:27 PM

    Hootsuite has been the center of a bunch of controversies up here in Canada including illegally employing unpaid interns (and employing paid interns without offering relevant training). I don't understand how they've managed to keep hiring when the Vancouver market is so full of better alternatives.

  • by Kednicma on 10/6/20, 11:08 PM

    Human rights violations weren't a problem; only optics mattered. The contract was a boon initially, and only became a liability because of the media attention. Shameful but typical corporate behavior.

  • by TheAdamAndChe on 10/6/20, 11:15 PM

    If you don't like a law enforcement agency, then work to elect officials that make the political change you want. Don't use cancel culture to enrage your tribe and shame everyone you disagree with.

    edit:removal of inaccurate reference to McCarthyism.