Microsoft lays off nearly 2,000 employees, cancels upcoming Blizzard game | GBAtemp.net - The Independent Video Game Community
"[T]he employees who were let go from the company were not well informed as to who lost their job and who got to stay, as notable journalist Jason Schreier commented that those within Xbox were not directly told, and had to wait to be notified as to whether or not they were still employed by Microsoft."
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New York Public Radio has fired On The Media co-host Bob Garfield for a “pattern of behavior that violated New York Public Radio’s anti-bullying policy,” the organization said Monday, the latest in a series of high-profile dismissals at the public radio powerhouse over the past four years.
Garfield’s termination follows two investigations into his conduct. The first, an internal investigation conducted last year, “resulted in disciplinary action, a warning about the potential consequences if the behavior continued, and a meaningful opportunity to correct it,” New York Public Radio said in a statement. The organization said a second, more recent outside probe found Garfield had again violated the anti-bullying policy. ...
https://gothamist.com/news/media-host-bob-garfield-fired-over-bullying-complaints
As a long time fan of the programme, and Bob, I'm shocked.
And not in the Casablanca sense.
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