3 ms·
> Honestly, I think he made the right move just from a PR perspective The person who posted their thoughts did so in a _closed_ mailing list that was intention
by the_common_man 9y ago
> Honestly, I think he made the right move just from a PR perspective
The person who posted their thoughts did so in a _closed_ mailing list that was intentionally setup to discuss all this. The document was leaked. At best, he deserved a reprimand. Firing him makes it clear that there is no room for alternate thoughts in Google other than the ultra-progressive view point.
- yoz-y 9y agoOne thing I do not get is why was the (original) memo written in "Google's voice" rather than stated as a personal point of view. Who, except maybe Sundar Pichai and the head of HR, has a right to talk for the company as a whole?
- peoplewindow 9y agoWhat makes you think it was?
- vanattab 9y agoI don't think it was written in Google's voice. It was written in the voice of a young likely somewhat autistic engineer talking to his colleagues on an message board designed for discussing the topic of his memo. Then the media/Pichai sacrificed him on the alter of political correctness/profit.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoFor an internal discussion? Someone who sees a pattern and can put a summary on it. It's just saying "This is how things seem to me to go here".
- skybrian 9y agoIt was in Google Docs. When the internal storm started, he could have easily shut down permissions, buying time to figure out what to do. (It's happened before when a doc becomes controversial.) Whether you think it should have been controversial doesn't change what you do when something goes viral; the first thing is to stop the damage. But since then, there's some evidence that he wanted the controversy - look where he's giving interviews now.