Fairness: the hidden currency of the workplace
It animates bosses, employees and customers alike
Some videos are almost certain to go viral: wild animals that pilfer food from unsuspecting families, cars that career through the windows of crowded cafés, pilots trying to land planes in high winds. Some are less obvious candidates to ricochet around the internet. Take, for example, the case of Brittany Pietsch, whose recording of a call in which she is laid off from a tech firm called Cloudflare went viral last month.
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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Fairness game ”
Business February 10th 2024
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