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I wonder how much evidence google has of people who were pissed off by Damore's memo. Cause really, that's all it should take. "He made his continued employmen
by lurr 9y ago
I wonder how much evidence google has of people who were pissed off by Damore's memo.
Cause really, that's all it should take. "He made his continued employment here impossible because he pissed off his coworkers". Sounds like a completely valid reason to fire me.
- TheAdamAndChe 9y agoIf everyone in Google is getting outraged over something that is debatable and that much of the population agrees with, isn't that a sign that Google is kind of in a cultural bubble, an echo chamber? If Google is striving to be a global, multicultural corporation, shouldn't it be allowing of a diversity of thought as well?
- lurr 9y agoI didn't say everyone was outraged. You don't there are women at Google who say this memo as yet another attack on the idea that they are just as capable as their male counterparts?
- OCASM 9y agoIs Damore responsible for the failure of some of people in managing their own emotions? "He's saying things we don't like! Fire him!" That doesn't seem valid to me.
- lurr 9y ago"I won't work with someone who thinks I'm less capable because of my genitals" sounds a bit more valid to me.
- OCASM 9y agoSo they have no problem working with Damore then since he never said such a thing.
- chillacy 9y ago> Is Damore responsible for the failure of some of people in managing their own emotions? That line of stoic reasoning really justifies anything though. Like, my co-workers should manage their anxiety just because I like to work with a firearm strapped to my chest and 2 grenades on my desk.
- OCASM 9y agoAnxiety over close proximity to explosives seems justified. Anxiety over somebody stating ideas you simply disagree with doesn't.
- chillacy 9y agoThere are disagreeable ideas that nobody has anxiety over though, so it's not just that. But I think you can see that too. If you assume his ideas are correct: 1. His letter becomes well received, my employer changes their hiring policies 2. The current gender ratio was propped by non-gender-neutral hiring practices, without them, that will change back in-line to the base rate 3. My job is in danger Is anxiety over losing one's job justified? Or, another line: 1. His letter is well received, but my employer doesn't change their hiring policies 2. My co-workers now think that I have my job not because I earned it but because of the non-gender-neutral hiring practices 3. My job is in danger I can produce more, but at the end of the day they all threaten either status or jobs, so I don't fault why people would defend their interests with all their effort.
- OCASM 9y agoBeing anxious about losing your job doesn't justify getting somebody else fired. Specially through vile means such as character assassination. Edit: Besides, those same arguments apply against the diversity advocates. They openly claim that white men dominate the industry because of sexism, that they don't hold their positions because of merit but because of bias. They're guilty of the same crime they accuse Damore of committing.
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