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The problem is Google fired this guy for distributing WRONG information. Wrong is the important word here. If the information is right, it completely changes t
by weddpros 9y ago
The problem is Google fired this guy for distributing WRONG information. Wrong is the important word here.
If the information is right, it completely changes the case, and the guy was fired for Wrong reasons.
I hope he'll sue and win his job back (yes, I think Google needs this guy more than ever).
- Chris2048 9y agoHe should be the new D&I person. At least he has something more substantial to offer than doublespeak.
- dTal 9y agoNah, he was fired for drawing negative attention to Google. Whether he was right or not is irrelevant; if you publicly criticise the company you work for, on a "controversial" topic, getting fired is the expected outcome.
- jazzyk 9y agoGoogle has been doing an excellent job drawing (the wrong kind of) attention to themselves, thank you very much. High-visibility lawsuits have been brewing already: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/08/google-women-discrimination-class-action-lawsuit https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/08/google-wo... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/07/google-pay-disparities-women-labor-department-lawsuit https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/07/google-pa...
- zz9815 9y agoYou are assuming above that the guy that wrote the memo leaked it to the press. I suspect that we all write memos for our work places that could get us fired IF WE LEAKED IT to the press. However, I have seen no mention that the memo author was in fact the person that LEAKED IT. When will Google fire that person or persons?
- weddpros 9y agoAn internal memo isn't really the same as "publicly criticizing the company".