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These sexual misconduct investigations at Google are really finding some critical stuff. At this point my guess is that it is related to the Larry and Sergey re

by lacker 7y ago

These sexual misconduct investigations at Google are really finding some critical stuff. At this point my guess is that it is related to the Larry and Sergey resignations, and we will eventually hear information that reflects poorly on them directly.

outside1234 7y ago
Haven't we already? Sergey was banging everything that moved at one point. ref: https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-employees-masseuse-room-2018-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-employees...
- deleted 7y ago
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- joering2 7y ago
  Xoogler here; I haven't been close to the food chain to be there in person, but close enough to see photos from Managers/owners trips to Thailand, and believe me they were not going there to visit Temple of the Emerald Buddha. I seen photos that UK's the Sun would probably pay me seven digits for, but I was much younger and still wanted to live lawsuits free life. Fun times.
  - zzzcarrot 7y ago
    Details pls!
thrwn_frthr_awy 7y ago
We've heard it already. They literally had a "masseuse room" where Sergey would have sex with employees inside the Google building.
- pinewurst 7y ago
  Quote from link above: "HR told me that Sergey's response to it was, 'Why not? They're my employees,'" Ayers said. "But you don't have employees for f---ing! That's not what the job is."
  - m0zg 7y ago
    I might be wrong, but I don't think there's any law that forbids having consensual sex with employees. It's unethical if they're his direct reports, sure, but I don't think it's illegal. I'm sure if I had _fifty billion dollars_, I'd have to fight off women like zombies in a movie even though I'm already married.
    - ellard 7y ago
      Consent is murky at best when there's a large power discrepancy between two co-workers. See: everything that's been going on with Hollywood in the past couple of years
      - johnhughesco 7y ago
        Did it occur that the employee might be attracted BECAUSE of the power discrepancy?
        IfOnlyYouKnew 7y ago
        Sort of: "I 'want' to have sex with him because I don't get to decide not to have sex with him and keep my job"
        hackinthebochs 7y ago
        It turns out money and power are standard features of attraction to women generally.
      - thu2111 7y ago
        The law has no concept of "large power discrepancy" affecting the notion of whether sex is legal or not, if there's no violence or force involved. The attempts in recent years by a small group of feminists to broaden the definition of non-consensual sex to include "I had sex with that rich guy because he could give me an attractive job but later regretted it" just degrades everything, especially women. It causes people to stop believing them when they say they were coerced by a powerful man. After all, Weinstein's accusers settled, didn't they? And his ex employers picked up the legal bills. Rumoured to be because he had tons of evidence that the complainants had willingly accepted their side of the "deals" and that such arrangements were commonplace throughout the industry.
- EForEndeavour 7y ago
  This phrasing is a bit misleading. It makes it sound like Sergey had designated a room exclusively for sex with employees and called it the "masseuse room." To be precise, Google's offices include private massage rooms in which employees can get professional massages. Sergey allegedly had sex in one or more of these rooms.
  - thrwn_frthr_awy 7y ago
    > It makes it sound like Sergey had designated a room exclusively for sex with employees and called it the "masseuse room." Yes, it does sound like that. I'd advise all people in leadership to avoid conduct that could be interpreted this way. Edit: Thank you jacquesm for fixing my freudian slip :)
    - jacquesm 7y ago
      Interrupted? I think you meant 'interpreted'.
      - celticninja 7y ago
        Both are apt.
  - natch 7y ago
    Oh, that makes it fine, then. Carry on. /s
johnhughes 7y ago
Larry Page used to “date” Marissa Meyer. You make what you want to make of Meyers meteoritic rise at Google
johnhughesco 7y ago
Larry used to "date" Marissa Meyer. More like FOB
- johnhughesco 7y ago
  Why is stating facts downvoted on this crappy website?
  - dang 7y ago
    There are infinitely many facts. They don't select themselves. Humans do that, for reasons of their own, and sometimes their reasons don't match the intended use of this website, which is curious conversation. So while facts are a nice-to-have, they're not sufficient to make for a good HN post. Other things are needed also. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20facts%20infinitely&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

by lacker 7y ago

outside1234 7y ago

Haven't we already? Sergey was banging everything that moved at one point. ref: https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-employees-masseuse-room-2018-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-employees...

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joering2 7y ago
Xoogler here; I haven't been close to the food chain to be there in person, but close enough to see photos from Managers/owners trips to Thailand, and believe me they were not going there to visit Temple of the Emerald Buddha. I seen photos that UK's the Sun would probably pay me seven digits for, but I was much younger and still wanted to live lawsuits free life. Fun times.
- zzzcarrot 7y ago
  Details pls!

thrwn_frthr_awy 7y ago

We've heard it already. They literally had a "masseuse room" where Sergey would have sex with employees inside the Google building.

pinewurst 7y ago
Quote from link above: "HR told me that Sergey's response to it was, 'Why not? They're my employees,'" Ayers said. "But you don't have employees for f---ing! That's not what the job is."
- m0zg 7y ago
  I might be wrong, but I don't think there's any law that forbids having consensual sex with employees. It's unethical if they're his direct reports, sure, but I don't think it's illegal. I'm sure if I had _fifty billion dollars_, I'd have to fight off women like zombies in a movie even though I'm already married.
  - ellard 7y ago
    Consent is murky at best when there's a large power discrepancy between two co-workers. See: everything that's been going on with Hollywood in the past couple of years
    - johnhughesco 7y ago
      Did it occur that the employee might be attracted BECAUSE of the power discrepancy?
      - IfOnlyYouKnew 7y ago
        Sort of: "I 'want' to have sex with him because I don't get to decide not to have sex with him and keep my job"
        hackinthebochs 7y ago
        It turns out money and power are standard features of attraction to women generally.
    - thu2111 7y ago
      The law has no concept of "large power discrepancy" affecting the notion of whether sex is legal or not, if there's no violence or force involved. The attempts in recent years by a small group of feminists to broaden the definition of non-consensual sex to include "I had sex with that rich guy because he could give me an attractive job but later regretted it" just degrades everything, especially women. It causes people to stop believing them when they say they were coerced by a powerful man. After all, Weinstein's accusers settled, didn't they? And his ex employers picked up the legal bills. Rumoured to be because he had tons of evidence that the complainants had willingly accepted their side of the "deals" and that such arrangements were commonplace throughout the industry.
EForEndeavour 7y ago
This phrasing is a bit misleading. It makes it sound like Sergey had designated a room exclusively for sex with employees and called it the "masseuse room." To be precise, Google's offices include private massage rooms in which employees can get professional massages. Sergey allegedly had sex in one or more of these rooms.
- thrwn_frthr_awy 7y ago
  > It makes it sound like Sergey had designated a room exclusively for sex with employees and called it the "masseuse room." Yes, it does sound like that. I'd advise all people in leadership to avoid conduct that could be interpreted this way. Edit: Thank you jacquesm for fixing my freudian slip :)
  - jacquesm 7y ago
    Interrupted? I think you meant 'interpreted'.
    - celticninja 7y ago
      Both are apt.
- natch 7y ago
  Oh, that makes it fine, then. Carry on. /s

johnhughes 7y ago

Larry Page used to “date” Marissa Meyer. You make what you want to make of Meyers meteoritic rise at Google

johnhughesco 7y ago

Larry used to "date" Marissa Meyer. More like FOB

johnhughesco 7y ago
Why is stating facts downvoted on this crappy website?
- dang 7y ago
  There are infinitely many facts. They don't select themselves. Humans do that, for reasons of their own, and sometimes their reasons don't match the intended use of this website, which is curious conversation. So while facts are a nice-to-have, they're not sufficient to make for a good HN post. Other things are needed also. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20facts%20infinitely&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html