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James Damore

• s73v3r_ 8y ago
  James Damore was not fired for signing a letter of protest. James Damore was fired for using junk science and wildly misinterpreting other studies to fit his conclusion that half of his coworkers didn't belong at Google.
  • RichardCA 8y ago
    He was fired for posting a few debatable points on an internal message board, which were subsequently leaked and caused a PR embarrassment for the company. I disagree with every single point he raised. But his termination was a political execution, similar to what recently happened to James Gunn. We live in the Trump era, firing people is political theater.
    • RichardCA 8y ago
      I see I got downvoted. I stand by what I said as being on-topic and not trolling. If Google decides to become more invested in Chinese culture, I predict we will see more ceremonial terminations. Because it becomes very difficult to resist doing that when political pressure comes into play. Situations like what happened with Marriott go right to the heart of how corporations engage with China. It's relevant. https://gizmodo.com/after-china-got-mad-marriott-fired-a-social-media-mana-1823500225 https://gizmodo.com/after-china-got-mad-marriott-fired-a-soc...