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The problem for Google is that the company has condoned these sorts of inappropriate behaviors right from the start and from the very highest levels of the comp

The problem for Google is that the company has condoned these sorts of inappropriate behaviors right from the start and from the very highest levels of the company. >Here Fisher quotes Google’s first executive chef, Charlie Ayers, and Heather Cairns, the company’s first HR manager: Charlie Ayers: Sergey’s the Google playboy. He was known for getting his fingers caught in the cookie jar with employees that worked for the company in the masseuse room. He got around. Heather Cairns: And we didn’t have locks, so you can’t help it if you walk in on people if there’s no lock. Remember, we’re a bunch of twentysomethings except for me—ancient at 35, so there’s some hormones and they’re raging. Charlie Ayers: H.R. told me that Sergey’s response to it was, “Why not? They’re my employees.” But you don’t have employees for fucking! That’s not what the job is. Heather Cairns: Oh my God: This is a sexual harassment claim waiting to happen! That was my concern. https://qz.com/work/1326942/sergey-brin-started-google-with-some-strange-ideas-about-his-female-employees-according-to-a-new-book/ https://qz.com/work/1326942/sergey-brin-started-google-with-...

cududa 8y ago
Interesting this is the top comment when in the thread discussing the original article and abuse it was basically a series of hits against Ms. Simpson (the accuser in this instance)
roenxi 8y ago
There are interesting questions about how bad this is compared to executive shenanigans in other major corporations. There are going to be men who just like money and power, but there are also going to be stereotypical men who seek out money and power to translate into creating sexual opportunity. Presumably Google is not going to have an unusually skewed executive either way.
asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago
> The problem for Google is that the company has condoned . . . That is a problem, but it is not the problem. The problem is developing good practices for handling harassment situations going forward. We can fret over what has been done, but we can only change the future.

cududa 8y ago

Interesting this is the top comment when in the thread discussing the original article and abuse it was basically a series of hits against Ms. Simpson (the accuser in this instance)

roenxi 8y ago

There are interesting questions about how bad this is compared to executive shenanigans in other major corporations. There are going to be men who just like money and power, but there are also going to be stereotypical men who seek out money and power to translate into creating sexual opportunity. Presumably Google is not going to have an unusually skewed executive either way.

asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago

> The problem for Google is that the company has condoned . . . That is a problem, but it is not the problem. The problem is developing good practices for handling harassment situations going forward. We can fret over what has been done, but we can only change the future.