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> The suit included a screenshot of an August 2015 email Mr. Rubin sent to one woman. “You will be happy being taken care of,” he wrote. “Being owned is kinda l

> The suit included a screenshot of an August 2015 email Mr. Rubin sent to one woman. “You will be happy being taken care of,” he wrote. “Being owned is kinda like you are my property, and I can loan you to other people.” How on earth does this jack@%% think it’s ok to think this way, let alone write it down in a company email? Google should be ashamed - the entire article is full of shocking allegations, any one of which should have resulted in a sacking.

Sacho 8y ago
What makes you think this is a company email? Andy Rubin left Google in 2014. The email seems to express a pretty common BDSM kink, so why isn't it ok to "think this way"?
adventured 8y ago
Particularly twisted for a company obsessed with how their users are supposedly misbehaving and need controlled and censored, while the company runs wild in disgusting abuses. Not surprising however, given their extraordinary monopoly power and what that type of power always seems to lead to. The people that run Alphabet have been operating in a power bubble the likes of which few ever experience in a business environment. Larry Page being missing in action[1], detached, is just another of the many symptoms of that power bubble. As many others have noted here, this sort of widespread abuse and the culture that protects it, starts at the top. It's time for much of Alphabet's leadership to be removed. Or given that the share structure makes that very difficult to accomplish, an attempt at least should be made to permanently alter the corporate structure so the culture can be changed for the better. Enough investor pressure would probably yield positive results. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-09-13/larry-page-is-a-no-show-with-google-under-a-harsh-spotlight https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-09-13/larry-pag...

Sacho 8y ago

What makes you think this is a company email? Andy Rubin left Google in 2014. The email seems to express a pretty common BDSM kink, so why isn't it ok to "think this way"?

adventured 8y ago

Particularly twisted for a company obsessed with how their users are supposedly misbehaving and need controlled and censored, while the company runs wild in disgusting abuses. Not surprising however, given their extraordinary monopoly power and what that type of power always seems to lead to. The people that run Alphabet have been operating in a power bubble the likes of which few ever experience in a business environment. Larry Page being missing in action[1], detached, is just another of the many symptoms of that power bubble. As many others have noted here, this sort of widespread abuse and the culture that protects it, starts at the top. It's time for much of Alphabet's leadership to be removed. Or given that the share structure makes that very difficult to accomplish, an attempt at least should be made to permanently alter the corporate structure so the culture can be changed for the better. Enough investor pressure would probably yield positive results. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-09-13/larry-page-is-a-no-show-with-google-under-a-harsh-spotlight https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-09-13/larry-pag...