Topic: employee termination
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Ubisoft Terminates Assassin's Creed Developer Over Public Criticism
Ubisoft terminated a lead developer after he publicly criticized the company's new full-time return-to-office mandate, following an initial disciplinary suspension for his LinkedIn posts. The company defended the dismissal as a response to a breach of its Code of Conduct, framing it as an enforce...
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Rockstar Games Fires Employees Over Confidential Leaks
Rockstar Games fired several employees after an internal investigation revealed they shared unauthorized confidential company information, including proprietary data. The dismissals were a direct response to breaches where staff distributed sensitive internal details on an online forum accessible...
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Two Thinking Machines Lab Cofounders Exit to Rejoin OpenAI
Two cofounders of Thinking Machines Lab, Barret Zoph and Luke Metz, are rejoining OpenAI, marking a significant personnel gain for the company after recent departures. Barret Zoph was reportedly fired from the startup for alleged unethical conduct, specifically sharing confidential information, t...
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Coinbase CEO on Firing Engineers Who Resisted Using AI
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong mandated that all engineers adopt AI coding assistants, firing those who refused without valid reasons to emphasize that embracing AI is non-negotiable. The company has since intensified training with monthly meetings to share effective AI uses, though concerns about ...
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CrowdStrike Insider Leaked Data to Hackers Before Firing
CrowdStrike fired an employee for sharing confidential information with the hacking group Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, who posted evidence of internal access on Telegram. The company denies its infrastructure was breached, attributing the incident to the insider taking and sharing screen photos, wi...
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Microsoft Engineer's Mass Resignation Email After 13 Years Goes Viral
A longtime principal software engineer at Microsoft resigned over ethical concerns, citing the company's military contracts with Israel and accusing it of enabling human rights violations. Microsoft suspended some cloud services for an Israeli military unit after an investigation confirmed its pl...
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