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I have a Times login. The article says: "She claimed that she was surprised Google decided to punish her. “I had really felt the management and executives embr
by repolfx 7y ago
I have a Times login. The article says:
"She claimed that she was surprised Google decided to punish her. “I had really felt the management and executives embraced the walkout,” she said. She further alleged: “People had said to expect retaliation and I thought, ‘Not at Google, not here, this place is different, they embrace people who want to make the world a better place.’”
- sjg007 7y agoIf that’s the case then the walkout shouldn’t have been necessary.
- manfredo 7y agoThere's a big difference between the voices that get heard in tech companies and the majority opinion. It's socially unacceptable not to voice support for the walkout (at least it was at my workplace at the time, and we didn't even do any business with Google) so plenty of people feigned support when they really didn't care. And the the minority that really are invested are surprised when there's a lot less support than they thought.
- OJFord 7y agoSo do I, I made the HN submission, I just find the second part unbelievable. No entity 'embraces' people acting against it, even if in the interest of a cause it claims to be all for. It's basically union strike action without a capital-U union. I'm sure no company's ever honestly 'thought', or perhaps even said, 'Yes, you're right, thank you' in the face of union strikes.