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jonknee · 2015-02-20 00:06:31+00:00

It seems like he would have been the only one in the position to do it (the employees were kept in the dark about a lot of things).

QuercusMax | karma 2479 | avg karma 2.61 · | 2021-06-23 21:16:54+00:00

Seems like if he had done that, he would have been just like the rest of the team, getting everything done last-minute but still shipping stuff.

Svip | karma 4701 | avg karma 4.1 · | 2013-06-27 05:35:35

I wonder if it would have complicated the whole thing if he had been.

Buldak | karma 781 | avg karma 3.55 · | 2018-02-16 22:41:06

It's not at all obvious to me that that would have saved him from being fired.

refurb | karma 27208 | avg karma 1.53 · | 2014-03-08 20:02:18+00:00

I guess the question is who else could have done it?

internetter | karma 1846 | avg karma 3.01 · | 2023-11-17 19:54:46

Yes it likely is very likely he had absolutely no idea and rushed something out

tcmart14 | karma 1137 | avg karma 1.53 · | 2024-03-26 19:48:30

I believe he offered for someone to take over and no one ever stepped up to the plate. This happens a lot.

raverbashing | karma 22421 | avg karma 1.64 · | 2020-02-23 18:39:46+00:00

Thanks for this comment, I didn't know about those details.

And yes if it wasn't him it would have been someone else.

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GiorgioG | karma 3813 | avg karma 3.57 · | 2022-05-08 09:30:54

Who's place was it to do it then? Seriously? You already work in government - so tell me, what mechanism should have been employed? Seems like no one else in the ranks had the balls to do it except him.

readflaggedcomm | karma 439 | avg karma 0.7 · | 2021-07-13 13:51:39

Or he informed them ahead of time and they took the risk on their own.

giraffe_lady | karma 3774 | avg karma 1.11 · | 2023-07-26 08:42:14

Good thing he was the only one involved I guess.

mikecoles | karma 321 | avg karma 0.52 · | 2021-08-18 06:52:03

He would've have been aware of the conditions that would have led to such activities.

ratsmack | karma 1849 | avg karma 1.86 · | 2017-08-17 01:47:06+00:00

I have to wonder if he really made that decision of his own accord, or did he receive one or more calls from large customers that influenced the decision.

return0 | karma 5191 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2017-08-09 13:01:22+00:00

That could be the case. He certainly is a smart person and would have known that this was bound to be the course of things.

mariuolo | karma 840 | avg karma 1.17 · | 2021-07-02 13:46:55

Maybe the guy who knew why it was done was given the opportunity long ago?

M_Grey | karma 7070 | avg karma 3.06 · | 2017-03-15 02:44:33+00:00

Yeah. The thing is, he was probably in no position to actually get that kind of thing as some contractor. He did what he could, expecting that people would be horrified. He should have read his history.

president | karma 1516 | avg karma 1.74 · | 2019-04-04 20:18:35+00:00

Possible he had an insider who could tell him that there weren't any protections in place?

panick21_ | karma 6073 | avg karma 1.48 · | 2023-05-17 17:02:26

I mean he knew that he committed a very serious crime and at the very least didn't follow up before working with him.

zepto | karma 7190 | avg karma 1.03 · | 2020-10-14 17:23:39

Sure but he could have prevented others and not know about it!

scotty79 | karma 14043 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2021-01-14 17:01:40

If you think about it, it's a bit surprising how many people, you think, couldn't do his job.