It is so nice to know our DOJ is so toothless that stories like these will soon become normal.
When he was fired, Conal’s employer explained that the reason for the dismissal was an e-mail from Comcast that summarized conversations between Conal and Comcast employees.
But Conal has never seen this e-mail in order to say whether it’s accurate and Comcast has thus far refused to release any tapes of the phone calls related to this matter.
And while his former employer did provide consulting services to Comcast, it was not the accounting firm that audited Comcast’s books. So Conal doesn’t quite see how mentioning the name of his employer would have helped gain him any leverage.
Yep, complain to Comcast and you might find yourself facing Mafia Comcast coming after you and your livelihood.
Trying to dig deeper. But the corporations have closed ranks.
In a statement to Ars Technica, a rep for PwC explains that the company “terminated [Conal's] employment after an internal investigation concluded that Mr. O’Rourke violated PwC’s ethical standards and practices, applicable to all of our people. The firm has explicit policies regarding employee conduct, we train our people in those policies, and we enforce them. Mr. O’Rourke’s violation of these policies was the sole reason for his termination.”
What continues to trouble us about this story is that neither Comcast nor PwC is providing specifics of what Conal allegedly said that was worthy of losing his job.
If Comcast has no issue with contacting a customer’s employer following an allegedly unpleasant complaint call, then surely it would be willing to at least provide the audio recording it claims to have of that call.
Failing that, a transcript
My guess. PWH fired him after Comcast sent the account to collections for objecting to having equipment forced on him, claiming his credit report shows he was a security risk.