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I hope they gave Google.cn employees a chance to resign. Ideally, a month or two ago.

• sliverstorm 17y ago
  That would put the ones who didn't resign in even hotter water; it would be seen as, 'you had a chance to get out and you chose to stay? That's even worse.'
  • neilk 17y ago
    You may be right -- I have heard through some informal contacts that the decision to pull out of China was taken at the highest levels, and in secret. Apparently this is a deliberate strategy when dealing with totalitarian governments -- even if they have people on the ground, they have to keep them in the dark about big decisions.
• algorias 17y ago
  Most employees can resign at any time they wish. Not sure why Google would need to explicitly "give them a chance". Am I missing something obvious?
  • stevenbedrick 17y ago
    Maybe he meant "resign with some sort of stock-option buyout"?
  • neilk 17y ago
    Because when you are about to publicly challenge a totalitarian government, it might be a good idea to tell the staff in advance. For Google, the big question about establishing operations in China was always the hostage scenario. If they can jail your people, can you really be brave about censorship? To their credit Google isn't backing down, but the risks are real and they ought to reiterate this to their staff beforehand.