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Trump supporters stand on the United States Capitol Police armored vehicle as others walk the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, as Congress works to certify the electoral college’s votes.
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GitHub, owned by Microsoft, the code-sharing site for software developers, said on Sunday that the company’s human resources manager resigned after an investigation into the company’s dismissal of a Jewish employee revealed “significant errors in judgment and procedure”.
On January 8, GitHub fired one of its employees after expressing concern for his colleagues in Washington DC as a crowd of protesters supporting President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. The fired employee told TechCrunch in an interview published Friday that he made a comment in Slack saying “stay safe, the Nazis are on their way.”
Colleagues at GitHub expressed concern over why the company fired the employee immediately after, according to a statement from COO Erica Brescia. After an independent investigation, the company discovered “significant errors in judgment and process” regarding the employee’s dismissal, Brescia said.
“Our HR manager took personal responsibility and resigned from GitHub yesterday morning, Saturday January 16,” Brescia said in a blog post on Sunday. The company did not disclose the name of the resigned chief human resources officer, but Carrie Olesen took the top spot.
A supporter of President Donald Trump carries a conference battle flag on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol near the Senate entrance after breaching security defenses in Washington on Jan.6, 2021.
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A company spokesperson was not immediately available for comment. Brescia said GitHub “immediately reversed” its decision to separate from the employee “and is in communication with its representative.”
“We want to say publicly to the employee: we sincerely apologize,” Brescia said.
Company CEO Nat Friedman acknowledged in the post that the violent mob included “Nazis and white supremacists.”
FBI spokeswoman Christina Pullen said in a statement on Wednesday that a man who was photographed in the riot wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” shirt was arrested, NBC News reported. A rioter pictured carrying a Confederate battle flag in the halls of the Capitol was also arrested the next day.
“Employees are free to voice their concerns about the Nazis, anti-Semitism, white supremacy or any other form of discrimination or harassment in internal discussions,” Friedman said in a statement.
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