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59:(AIP), on allegations that he wrote the book on his employer's time. The book starts: "This book was stolen. Written in part on stolen time, that is." Schmidt contended, however, that he was fired for "protesting discriminatory hiring practices" at AIP, and that the "stolen time" quotation was an exaggerated allusion to 73:. He added that "writing this radical book during break time in the office felt like stealing time because the ideas that I was expressing seemed so out of place with the corporate-type 101:
for Schmidt, including anti-discrimination policy changes at AIP. even though AIP did not admit any wrongdoing, it admitted that Schmidt "consistently received positive
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of the office." Schmidt's firing led to a public campaign, with 750 physicists and academics, including
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Fires Author of Book on 'Soul-Battering System' of the Workplace"
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The public campaign in turn led to a legal case, carried by
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from his job of 19 years as an associate editor for
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Jeff Schmidt (disambiguation)
physicist
fired
Physics Today
American Institute of Physics
counterculture
Abbie Hoffman
Steal This Book
atmosphere
Noam Chomsky
Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
civil liberties
settlement
job reviews
resigned
Jeff Schmidt.
Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System that Shapes Their Lives
ISBN
978-0-8476-9364-1
"Physics Today Fires Author of Book on 'Soul-Battering System' of the Workplace"



"Physics Editor Wins Settlement in Case Over Discrimination"
"Physicists Unite in Defense of Time-Pilfering Editor"
"Physics Institute Settles Suit, Takes Steps to Increase Diversity"
doi
10.1126/science.311.5769.1848b
PMID
16574830

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