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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by GamerBoy705@lemmy.world to c/linustechtips@lemmy.ml

Here's the entire thing if you don't want to go to that link:

There were a series of accusations about our company last August from a former employee. Immediately following these accusations, LMG hired Roper Greyell - a large Vancouver-based law firm specializing in labor and employment law, to conduct a third-party investigation. Their website describes them as “one of the largest employment and labour law firms in Western Canada.” They work with both private and public sector employers.

To ensure a fair investigation, LMG did not comment or publicly release any data and asked our team members to do the same. Now that the investigation is complete, we’re able to provide a summary of the findings.

The investigation found that:

  • Claims of bullying and harassment were not substantiated.

  • Allegations that sexual harassment were ignored or not addressed were false.

  • Any concerns that were raised were investigated. Furthermore, from reviewing our history, the investigator is confident that if any other concerns had been raised, we would have investigated them.

  • There was no evidence of “abuse of power” or retaliation. The individual involved may not have agreed with our decisions or performance feedback, but our actions were for legitimate work-related purposes, and our business reasons were valid.

  • Allegations of process errors and miscommunication while onboarding this individual were partially substantiated, but the investigator found ample documentary evidence of LMG working to rectify the errors and the individual being treated generously and respectfully. When they had questions, they were responded to and addressed.

In summary, as confirmed by the investigation, the allegations made against the team were largely unfounded, misleading, and unfair.

With all of that said, in the spirit of ongoing improvement, the investigator shared their general recommendation that fast-growing workplaces should invest in continuing professional development. The investigator encouraged us to provide further training to our team about how to raise concerns to reinforce our existing workplace policies.

Prior to receiving this report, LMG solicited anonymous feedback from the team in an effort to ensure there was no unreported bullying and harassment and hosted a training session which reiterated our workplace policies and reinforced our reporting structure. LMG will continue to assess ongoing continuing education for our team.

At this time, we feel our case for a defamation suit would be very strong; however, our deepest wish is to simply put all of this behind us. We hope that will be the case, given the investigator’s clear findings that the allegations made online were misrepresentations of what actually occurred. We will continue to assess if there is persistent reputational damage or further defamation.

This doesn’t mean our company is perfect and our journey is over. We are continuously learning and trying to do better. Thank you all for being part of our community.

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[-] applepie@kbin.social -2 points 5 months ago

Not as a cover up

Nothing personal against lmg but this just good old corporate pay your way out of bad PR trick.

Why would I respect this as worker or YouTube watcher?

Also Linus made strong anti Union statements so we know how he thinks about the wage slaves who ain't his buddies.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Ok, so like you are cynical, but not nearly cynical enough.

If they did this as a "cover-up", the aggrieved parties will sue the ever living dicks off LMG.

If LMG is making the claim they did a thorough investigation with an outside auditor, the aggrieved parties can contest that and sue.

LMG is clearly confident enough in the results of the investigation to go to court over the matter. The second to last paragraph is a not-even-veiled threat.

They are basically stating "if you are feeling froggy, leap", as in, the investigation turned up jack shit, and if you want, bring it to court and we'll massacre you; we did the investigation, and we have the facts.

No sane company would do that unless they believed themselves to be 1000% in the right, with the

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