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Yeah this comment seems rude and without much substantive value. I would not want someone with this attitude and sense of decorum to work at my company, regardless of whether I believed in the causes that they advocated for. It's just a cheap shot, and not especially funny or insightful.
The company claims they had rules against this type of comment, and that's why she was fired:
> Atlassian argued that it had fired Ms. Unterwurzacher for violating company rules that require employees to behave civilly and avoid ad hominem attacks against one another.
Seems like a case like this could be overturned on appeal, if what they say is true. Also depends on what else she said, which the article doesn't mention.
Random HN comment:
> her comments were unprofessional and she has no right to distract the company.
Same User:
> y Downvote :(
Atlassian has values "Open company, no bullshit" which they selectively use. "Open company, no bullshit" until it isn't. Example, this case, upsetting Mikes ego.
I was on a team at Atlassian that got constructively dissambled after not being happy with some changes for the worse. Worst retro I've ever been in, all developers heads on desks, manager: "suggest how we fix this issue", developers silent as every answer from the developer got the reply from manager on the lines of "no, you know we can't do that anymore". Then the digging through historic slack messages and social media posts started followed by departures...
That was a very long time ago now, seems not much has changed.
"What’s up Outragers, just dialing in from my NBA team’s headquarters to yell at the people whose careers I’ve just pummeled"
It's mildly dramatized, bordering on milquetoast satire of exactly what he was doing.