Google is not a Academia. There is no tenure or intellectual freedom protections. Poke the bear often enough or make a nuisance of yourself you will be shown

Google is not a Academia. There is no tenure or intellectual freedom protections. Poke the bear often enough or make a nuisance of yourself you will be shown the door. The only ones who get to stay around and be a thorn in the side of management are board members who control a chunk of voting stock. Upton Sinclair said "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." Seems like there should be a corollary for companies and difficult employees. Like public complaints that jump the chain of command from replaceable employees usually result in employee being replaced.