Unity manager publicly states company is 'out of touch', is fired within three hours
A manager at game-engine developer Unity has been fired after calling the company «out of touch».
Miranda Due, Senior Partner Relations Manager at Unity, originally made the remark in reference to an executive's idea for making commuting to Unity's offices easier.
«A Unity exec just shared that they rent a secondary [apartment] in [San Francisco] to make it easier to be in the office- maybe we should all just do this to make it easier to RTO [return to office]» Due tweeted on May 8. «This company has lost it. Completely out of touch.»
a Unity exec just shared that they rent a secondary apt in SF to make it easier to be in the office- maybe we should all just do this to make it easier to RTO? This company has lost it. Completely out of touch.May 8, 2023
Less than three hours later, Due followed up her tweet with another post(opens in new tab), stating «I got fired on my one year anniversary» The firing also occurred less than a month before Due's vesting date, the point at which an employee receives company benefits (like stock options or retirement funds) after contractually fulfilling a term of employment.
Due explained why she considered such a remark out of touch in a follow-up(opens in new tab) to the original tweet, stating «Renting an apt in SF would cost me over half my gross mothly [sic] salary. Probably ¾ of my takehome at least.»
The firing sparked a debate on Twitter about Unity's conduct, and its recent mandate that employees return to working in the office as of September this year. Former Unity Manager Shayna Moon said in a tweet that unity's leadership should be «ashamed», adding «Your RTO policy is a transparent push to get people to leave the company rather than be laid off to collect severance.» She
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