"After being clearly informed that Pinterest would not broadly share information identifying impacted employees, two engineers wrote custom scripts improperly accessing confidential company information to identify the locations and names of all dismissed employees and then shared it more broadly,"
"This was a clear violation of Pinterest policy and of their former colleagues' privacy."
""working against the direction of the company,""
Pinterest announced layoffs affecting under 15% of its workforce and plans to reallocate resources to AI-focused roles and products while shedding office space, per an SEC filing. Leadership stated they would not distribute a list identifying impacted employees to protect privacy. Two engineers created scripts that accessed confidential personnel information to identify names and locations of dismissed employees and shared those results. Pinterest described the action as a policy and privacy violation and terminated the engineers. CEO Bill Ready told staff at a town hall that employees opposing the company direction should consider leaving, underscoring employer authority.
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