Re: Reactions?Do we know where this guy posted his manifesto? Was it on an "after hours" discussion board? I vaguely remember seeing something like that this morning.
Re: Reactions?Mitch -- Agree, there's more than a reasonable case for entrapment, at least from an outside-looking-in perspective. But it's hard to imagine a lower-level employee has a snowflake's chance in Qatar to win a case against Google's legion of lawyers.
Re: Reactions?If the guy was otherwise a good employee, he should not have been fired, or even disciplined. Period. Particularly if this was posted on an open discussion board where people are supposed to be encouraged to speak their minds.
Context matters here.
If this is how you feel, keep it to yourself. You just lost a great job because of this. I guess that is the price.