Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Online Content Moderation: Discussion

Ms Isabella Plunkett:

I would tend to agree. How can a company put a slogan up on its wall or say one of its pillars is "be brave" when none of its staff feel they can be brave or have the safety to speak? It is horrible because this should not happen in any company. People should be able to speak freely. There is a big difference between crossing a line and actually speaking for what is right. I did not come here today to cross that line; I came to be fair and speak about what is right.

The communication has always been really bad and that is part of the problem as well. Everyone just wants simple communication about why these things have been going on, why we were brought back to the office and why we could not stay working from home like our counterparts at Facebook. Again, we got no answer. We asked the company to define how we fit into the essential worker category and we got no answer for six months. The question was sent to HR and we heard nothing. It could have been even longer than six months. That is a clear example of how long we were waiting for a tiny bit of communication. It is not good in the slightest.

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