eBay to pay $3 million after employees sent fetal pig, funeral wreath to Boston couple (www.usatoday.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 12 Jan 2024 20:00
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eBay to pay $3 million after employees sent fetal pig, funeral wreath to Boston couple::The online auction company called the actions of its previous employees, which also consisted of social media threats, “wrong and reprehensible.”

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Subtlysubtle@sffa.community on 12 Jan 2024 20:28 next collapse

That’s insane. It sounds like ebay must have a toxic culture to let that happen.

JustZ@lemmy.world on 12 Jan 2024 20:56 next collapse

This case is absolutely bonkers. I posted about it a while back. The executives involved should be in prison.

Technus@lemmy.zip on 13 Jan 2024 01:04 collapse

They are:

The investigation led to felony convictions for seven individuals, all former eBay employees or contractors, and the ringleader was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison.

JustZ@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 2024 03:46 next collapse

Wow, that’s fantastic to hear.

fossphi@lemm.ee on 14 Jan 2024 09:43 collapse

Not even 5 years. It’s a fucking joke. These bastards were heinous. Heck, the c suite at the top also might have been aware. How does a company survive after this? An ordinary individual would have been sued and jailed to oblivion

robotica@lemmy.world on 15 Jan 2024 06:15 collapse

Source on that last one?

fossphi@lemm.ee on 15 Jan 2024 09:31 collapse

I meant if a regular person did crimes of this magnitude, they would have gotten harsher punishment. Which I think these executives also more than deserve

robotica@lemmy.world on 15 Jan 2024 10:27 collapse

I know what you meant, but do you have a source for your claim?

fossphi@lemm.ee on 15 Jan 2024 11:25 collapse

Nope. I guess I shouldn’t have implied it with that certainty. It was more of a horrific repulsion from what the ebay execs did and I felt like they got off too easy

brsrklf@jlai.lu on 13 Jan 2024 16:13 next collapse

A funeral wreath and a book on surviving the death of a spouse.

Fuck these assholes, that’s vile.

AshMan85@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 2024 23:17 collapse

Regulate tech companies

sugartits@lemmy.world on 14 Jan 2024 09:33 next collapse

I’m pretty sure these actions are already illegal …

MrRazamataz@lemmy.razbot.xyz on 14 Jan 2024 14:30 collapse

wonder why they’re getting fined