HR is probably not how this is going to actually be resolved. Racism, sexism and other social issues tend to be very thorny problems to solve. You don't broker

HR is probably not how this is going to actually be resolved. Racism, sexism and other social issues tend to be very thorny problems to solve. You don't broker peace and build bridges and that sort of thing this way. This tends to put out the fire with gasoline and that may be why Google is doing this shitty thing of putting people on leave and saying "We will move you when you come back." Because they may be trying to help the employee start over after burning bridges on their current team. I wish I had something more constructive to say about this. This is my third attempt to say something here and I'm very concerned about coming across as dismissive of very real issues and that's absolutely not my intent. Quite the contrary. I hope to plant the idea that there may be a path forward but this is not it. You will need to look elsewhere for real solutions. I know that a lot of FAANG employees hang here, including people who work at Google. I know that sometimes people here actually respect my opinion on some topics. If you want to make real progress here, you will really need to look at things like the Rooney Rule for inspiration and clues as to how to actually make progress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_Rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_Rule You will be breaking ground if you find real solutions. Real solutions will most likely not involve things like hiring quotas.