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Google didn't hesitate to fire Damore. Whether you agree with him or not, he was definitely blowing the whistle on what he saw as a problem of political extremi
by malvosenior 7y ago
Google didn't hesitate to fire Damore. Whether you agree with him or not, he was definitely blowing the whistle on what he saw as a problem of political extremism being baked into Google's culture. The move was pretty much universally celebrated in the press (although I suspect it had a much more negative impact among people who are independent thinkers).
- wffurr 7y agoDamore was not engaging in protected behavior. NLRB sided with Google, and he withdrew his lawsuit.
- malvosenior 7y agoWe're talking about PR not lawsuits.
- wffurr 7y agoYeah and the main reason Google can't and shouldn't fire people like in the article for generating bad PR is because they are engaging in legally protected behavior, which Damore demonstrably was not.
- malvosenior 7y agoThere are plenty of other reasons why firing someone might be a bad idea from an ethical and PR standpoint (like if you solicit political opinions from your employees and fire those that you don't agree with). I also don't think it's clear that these employees have engaged in protected behavior. If they're using company resources to organize activism, that's not protected. If they're leaking info to the press, that's also not protected.