"But then "two engineers wrote custom scripts improperly accessing confidential company information to identify the locations and names of all dismissed employees and then shared it more broadly," a company spokesperson told the BBC. "This was a clear violation of Pinterest policy and of their former colleagues' privacy," the spokesperson added. A script in this sense is essentially computer code written to automate a task within existing software or tweak its functionality for a specific purpose."
"The script written by the Pinterest engineers was aimed at internal tools used at the company for employees to communicate, according to a person familiar with the firings who asked not to be identified. The person said the script created an alert for which employee names within a tool like the team communication platform Slack were being removed or deactivated, giving some insight into who at the company was impacted by the layoffs."
Pinterest cut about 15% of its workforce, roughly 700 roles, while signaling an AI-forward strategy. Two engineers created custom scripts that improperly accessed confidential company information to find the locations and names of dismissed employees and then shared that information more broadly. Pinterest labeled the actions a clear violation of company policy and former colleagues' privacy and dismissed the engineers. The scripts targeted internal communication tools and generated alerts when employee names in platforms like Slack were removed or deactivated, revealing who had been impacted by the layoffs. The identities of the dismissed engineers were not disclosed.
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