First, Mark Jen shared some thoughts about his firing from Google with Jeremy. Second, Jen posted his story on his ninteyninezeroes blog.
Yesterday, he engaged in a Q&A style interview with Juan Carlos Perez of the IDG News Service: Fired Google blogger reflects, moves on.
IDGNS: What did Google tell you about ending your employment there?
Jen: They’ve never given me a straight answer. I’ve requested an official statement or reason as far as why I was terminated, but I wasn’t given any such reason. Of course, it’s well within their rights to refuse to give me a reason. I was an at-will employee in the state of California, so they really don’t need to give me a reason for terminating me. I definitely was surprised at being terminated. It’s a shocking thing.