"Microsoft President Brad Smith had a blunt message for employees who joined Gaza-related protests inside his office: you don't get to keep your job. At an internal meeting on Thursday, Smith defended the firings and said the company hired law firm Covington & Burling to review allegations that its technology has been misused for surveillance of Palestinians. The company has faced repeated and escalating protests calling for the company to cut ties with the Israeli military amid its offensive in Gaza."
"Let me say this, anybody who is smart enough to get a job at Microsoft is smart enough to know that you don't get to storm in and break into buildings and occupy other people's offices and keep your job at Microsoft," Smith said, referring to employees the company fired following those protests. The protesters "didn't just protest," Smith said, as they trespassed on private property and barricaded themselves with furniture that belonged to Microsoft."
Microsoft fired four employees after protesters, including company staff, broke into and occupied President Brad Smith's office during Gaza-related demonstrations. Smith defended the firings at an internal meeting and said those who stormed and occupied offices could not keep their jobs. The company retained Covington & Burling to review allegations that Microsoft technology was misused for surveillance of Palestinians. Protesters have repeatedly demanded that Microsoft cut ties with the Israeli military amid its offensive in Gaza. A fired engineer said internal channels had been ineffective and characterized leadership's definition of permissible protest as narrow.
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