I'm stepping slightly back from the political/social context of this article to make a broader point: If you think for a second that your FAANG employer gives a

I'm stepping slightly back from the political/social context of this article to make a broader point: If you think for a second that your FAANG employer gives a single fece about diversity, inclusion, justice, and so on, you're making a mistake. Individual employees may care a lot, even high-ranking ones. The company does not. Google does not care about being progressive. Google cares about appearing to be progressive while selling ads. So whether or not Dr. Gebru's portrayal of her departure is accurate, or Google is racist or discriminatory, etc., doesn't actually matter. Google will never love you. Google only loves money. The moment Google decides you make Google less money than you cost is the moment you're gone, and clearly Dr. Gebru found herself on the wrong side of that equation, whether she intended to or not.