Oracle executive publicly resigns after CEO joins Trump's transition team

[babylonsister]

Hey, someone with principles! That's shockingly refreshing to me.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/21/oracle-executive-resigns-ceo-safra-catz-donald-trump?CMP=fb_gu

Oracle executive publicly resigns after CEO joins Trump's transition team

George Polisner penned an open letter of resignation to Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz that he calls ‘a credible action as opposed to an expression of frustration’
Olivia Solon in San Francisco
Wednesday 21 December 2016 15.27 EST
Last modified on Wednesday 21 December 2016 15.55 EST


A senior executive at Oracle has publicly resigned after the technology company’s co-CEO Safra Catz joined the Trump transition team and expressed support for the president-elect.

Catz had attended last week’s meeting of tech leaders at Trump Tower in New York before accepting the position. Prior to the meeting, Catz said:

“I plan to tell the president-elect that we are with him and will help in any way we can. If he can reform the tax code, reduce regulation and negotiate better trade deals, the US technology industry will be stronger and more competitive than ever.”

George Polisner, 57, who had worked at Oracle on and off since 1993, posted his resignation letter to LinkedIn, outlining concerns over Trump’s choice of cabinet, tax and environmental policies as well as the stoking of fear and hatred towards minorities.

“I am not with President-elect Trump and I am not here to help him in any way,” he said in the post, which has been read more than 150,000 times. “In fact when his policies border on the unconstitutional, the criminal and the morally unjust I am here to oppose him in every possible and legal way. Therefore I must resign from this once great company.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/21/oracle-executive-resigns-ceo-safra-catz-donald-trump?CMP=fb_gu

[Cha]

1. Dead on. What's with that other guy?

“I am not with President-elect Trump and I am not here to help him in any way,” he said in the post, which has been read more than 150,000 times. “In fact when his policies border on the unconstitutional, the criminal and the morally unjust I am here to oppose him in every possible and legal way. Therefore I must resign from this once great company.”

George Polisner, 57, who had worked at Oracle on and off since 1993, posted his resignation letter to LinkedIn, outlining concerns over Trump’s choice of cabinet, tax and environmental policies as well as the stoking of fear and hatred towards minorities.

[FarCenter]

2. I doubt that Ellison is going to miss him all that much

https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgepolisner/

[Lucky Luciano]

3. Fair enough.

Not any kind of big swinger who will hurt oracle by leaving, but a very moral stand he took nonetheless.

[Mc Mike]

4. Good man, Mr. Polisner. rec, nt.