Hello Antoine,
this certainly does not count for contractors, since there has been at
least one case where the WMF left a public bad recommendation in public
networks after a contractor did not work for the WMF any more - and this
is something that I have never seen from any client or employer in my
life before.
All this discussion here shows me though that you can get really rich by
working for the WMF - all paid by donation money that mostly has been
donated for Wikipedia, which is created without any editor getting
money. We can discuss here as much as we want, this won't change
anything at all.
Regards, Gereon
Am 14.05.2023 um 08:06 schrieb Antoine Musso:
Le 10/05/2023 à 11:01, Paulo Santos Perneta a écrit :
Hello,
I'm a bit lost on this, probably because I'm not familiar with US
Work laws. Why did Katherine Maher received $623,286 on severance
pay? Was she fired?
Hello Paulo,
When an employee leaves, you would always get a statement on the vein
of "mutual agreement" or that "so and so is leaving" without any
further details. When being asked about a specific situation Talent
and Culture (= Human Resources) never speaks of individual cases. If I
was the one leaving, I would not want the organization to give any
details on my behalf, more so if I had a role with public exposure
such as a C-level. In the same way, the organization does not want
further details regarding the cause and I imagine there are very legal
reasons for it.
In my experience that is regardless of which party initiated (the
employee willingness to leave, or the organization asking for the
position/role/person to leave or whatever over situation). It was the
same in France with past employers: terminations of contracts are
publicly quiet.
What I got explained is that in the USA a contract termination might
come with a non disparage clause. It restricts the parties from
criticizing each other (if it is mutual) essentially meaning neither
the organization nor the employee would speak about the departure. The
clause details what happens if a party breaches it. I imagine the
former employee would have to reimburse part (or all) of the severance
package or the organization would pay a lump sump to the employee. And
I imagine there might be legal consequences. Then as I often said: I
am not a lawyer.
In short I don't think either party can give any detail and regardless
I think we should respect the privacy of the past employees.
Antoine "hashar" Musso
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