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Damore's lawsuit included screenshots of a high-level manager boasting about blacklisting employees who say the wrong thing about social justice. That makes for

by Meekro 9y ago

Damore's lawsuit included screenshots of a high-level manager boasting about blacklisting employees who say the wrong thing about social justice. That makes for a toxic environment, regardless of what mailing lists you happen to be on.

gaius 9y ago
And Google notoriously colluded with other employers in a “no poaching” scam that suppressed workers rights as well. Deeply toxic. More on the blacklisting http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/19-insane-tidbits-james-damores-lawsuit-googles-office-environment/ http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/19-insane-tidbits-james-... The original scam https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/25/no_poaching_a_doj_no_no/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/25/no_poaching_a_doj_n...
prepend 9y ago
I haven’t seen this reported, but seems really interesting to me. I just spend five minutes googling trying to find the actual memo, but came up empty. Sorry with such a dumb request, but if you have the link ready I would appreciate it. Edit:never mind, I tried some more using “screenshot” instead of “filing.” I found them.
- Meekro 9y ago
  Sorry, I should have been better about citing my sources. The manager who was blacklisting people for their opinion of social justice was Paul Cowan, see page 33 of Damore's lawsuit [1]. That section has many more examples of such behavior, which should be enough to persuade you that it's a systemic problem. This article[2] is also worth reading, it highlights a bunch of other shocking tidbits from the lawsuit. [1] https://www.scribd.com/document/368688363/James-Damore-vs-Google-Class-Action-Lawsuit https://www.scribd.com/document/368688363/James-Damore-vs-Go... [2] http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/19-insane-tidbits-james-damores-lawsuit-googles-office-environment/ http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/19-insane-tidbits-james-...
hsod 9y ago
Here's the quote which contains a justification, for anyone interested: “If you express a dunderheaded opinion about religion, about politics, or about ‘social justice’, it turns out I am allowed to think you’re a halfwit… I’m perfectly within my rights to mentally categorize you in my dickhead box… Yes, I maintain (mentally, and not (yet) publicly) [a blacklist]. If I had to work with people on this list, I would refuse, and try to get them removed; or I would change teams; or I would quit.” Kind of odd that the word "blacklist" only appears in square brackets (editorial insert?).

by Meekro 9y ago

gaius 9y ago

And Google notoriously colluded with other employers in a “no poaching” scam that suppressed workers rights as well. Deeply toxic. More on the blacklisting http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/19-insane-tidbits-james-damores-lawsuit-googles-office-environment/ http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/19-insane-tidbits-james-... The original scam https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/25/no_poaching_a_doj_no_no/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/25/no_poaching_a_doj_n...

prepend 9y ago

I haven’t seen this reported, but seems really interesting to me. I just spend five minutes googling trying to find the actual memo, but came up empty. Sorry with such a dumb request, but if you have the link ready I would appreciate it. Edit:never mind, I tried some more using “screenshot” instead of “filing.” I found them.

Meekro 9y ago
Sorry, I should have been better about citing my sources. The manager who was blacklisting people for their opinion of social justice was Paul Cowan, see page 33 of Damore's lawsuit [1]. That section has many more examples of such behavior, which should be enough to persuade you that it's a systemic problem. This article[2] is also worth reading, it highlights a bunch of other shocking tidbits from the lawsuit. [1] https://www.scribd.com/document/368688363/James-Damore-vs-Google-Class-Action-Lawsuit https://www.scribd.com/document/368688363/James-Damore-vs-Go... [2] http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/19-insane-tidbits-james-damores-lawsuit-googles-office-environment/ http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/19-insane-tidbits-james-...

hsod 9y ago

Here's the quote which contains a justification, for anyone interested: “If you express a dunderheaded opinion about religion, about politics, or about ‘social justice’, it turns out I am allowed to think you’re a halfwit… I’m perfectly within my rights to mentally categorize you in my dickhead box… Yes, I maintain (mentally, and not (yet) publicly) [a blacklist]. If I had to work with people on this list, I would refuse, and try to get them removed; or I would change teams; or I would quit.” Kind of odd that the word "blacklist" only appears in square brackets (editorial insert?).