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600K euros is like a slap on the wrist for Google. A few people within the org get demoted or fired and life goes on. They could probably write it off and some

• ggggtez 6y ago
  It's hardly a random employee's fault that Google lost the court case. I doubt anyone would be fired for a $600k mistake. When you work processing legal requests, there is always a chance you get sued. If Google blamed their court losses on the employee that originally caused the problem... they'd have a hard time convincing anyone to do that work at all. This person probably handles dozens of requests a day. There would have to be serious evidence of neglect for the employee to suffer any punishment.