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Ah, but I think Damore did dismiss those valid concerns. Not explicitly, as far as I recall, but implicitly, in choosing to feel victimized as a man by Google'
by ScottBurson 7y ago
Ah, but I think Damore did dismiss those valid concerns. Not explicitly, as far as I recall, but implicitly, in choosing to feel victimized as a man by Google's personnel practices. Someone who had made a sincere effort to understand how women are treated in tech (and indeed, in business generally) would, I daresay, not have written as he did.
- zozbot234 7y agoDamore didn't feel victimized by Google's personnel practices until after those "practices" involved him being fired from Google. He argued that policies that were purportedly intended to increase "fairness" in hiring were in fact markedly unfair, ineffective at their presumed goal and reflective of a growing political polarization within Google itself that was worrisome on its own. It's quite common to express concerns about fairness and related issues without feeling victimized personally.
- jbjohns 7y agoWhen it comes to Damore I think it's important to understand that he thought he was writing to an internal group and could easily have been a bit looser with his language expecting to "bounce off ideas". The real problem here was releasing his memo to the internet without letting him prepare it for that medium first. If I were Google, I would have fired him too because business but I would have fired the leaker as well (or everyone who could have leaked it if I couldn't find out who it was).