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Wow reading the whole story...Sundar needs to clean house. California is an at-will state, he doesn't need justification, just sweep out all of this trash. Dow

Wow reading the whole story...Sundar needs to clean house. California is an at-will state, he doesn't need justification, just sweep out all of this trash. Downvotes for suggesting the CEO get rid of execs who carry on like this at work and expect a payday? Wow this thread not only details how sordid Google is, but also the continued decline of HN...scary how many apologists showed up here.

cycrutchfield 8y ago
None of those people would be reporting to Sundar if they were still there, with the exception of Singhal.
ocdtrekkie 8y ago
I would point out that you may be getting downvoted not by Google fans, but for suggesting Sundar could do something, or even, isn't part of the problem. Google's misconduct goes all the way to the top, above him. Larry Page (Sundar's boss) has been involved in this and other coverups of executive misconduct, having made the decision to give people like Andy Rubin and Amit Singhal large severances and allow them to "move on" to other things. Sergey Brin (also Sundar's boss) stated that the whole purpose of having female employees at Google was so he could sleep with them. While working on Google Glass, he had an affair with a member of the Glass team that was fairly publicized at the time. Eric Schmidt (recently chairman of Alphabet's board, over Google) put his mistress on payroll once as a consultant. Supposedly, he was the "adult in the room" of this organization. David Drummond (chief legal officer of Alphabet, also over Google) had an affair with an underling, and only admitted it in accordance with company policy after she had his kids. She lost her job because of it. It's likely the only way to clean house at Alphabet/Google is to break it up and sell it off, ideally in a manner that doesn't make the very people responsible for these transgressions even more rich.
- Apocryphon 8y ago
  > It's likely the only way to clean house at Alphabet/Google is to break it up and sell it off Unexpected series of events to spark antitrust, but whatever works. Susan Fowler's revelations led to the public outrage wave against Uber, after all.
Sacho 8y ago
Does California being an "at-will" state mean all contracts must be at-will, or that simply some contracts can be at-will? The latter would imply that Sundar cannot just "clean house" without justification.

cycrutchfield 8y ago

None of those people would be reporting to Sundar if they were still there, with the exception of Singhal.

ocdtrekkie 8y ago

I would point out that you may be getting downvoted not by Google fans, but for suggesting Sundar could do something, or even, isn't part of the problem. Google's misconduct goes all the way to the top, above him. Larry Page (Sundar's boss) has been involved in this and other coverups of executive misconduct, having made the decision to give people like Andy Rubin and Amit Singhal large severances and allow them to "move on" to other things. Sergey Brin (also Sundar's boss) stated that the whole purpose of having female employees at Google was so he could sleep with them. While working on Google Glass, he had an affair with a member of the Glass team that was fairly publicized at the time. Eric Schmidt (recently chairman of Alphabet's board, over Google) put his mistress on payroll once as a consultant. Supposedly, he was the "adult in the room" of this organization. David Drummond (chief legal officer of Alphabet, also over Google) had an affair with an underling, and only admitted it in accordance with company policy after she had his kids. She lost her job because of it. It's likely the only way to clean house at Alphabet/Google is to break it up and sell it off, ideally in a manner that doesn't make the very people responsible for these transgressions even more rich.

Apocryphon 8y ago
> It's likely the only way to clean house at Alphabet/Google is to break it up and sell it off Unexpected series of events to spark antitrust, but whatever works. Susan Fowler's revelations led to the public outrage wave against Uber, after all.

Sacho 8y ago

Does California being an "at-will" state mean all contracts must be at-will, or that simply some contracts can be at-will? The latter would imply that Sundar cannot just "clean house" without justification.