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Article buried the lede somewhat: “This employee in our Zurich office was absolutely not terminated for writing this or any other memo. Discussion and criticis
by nixgeek 5y ago
Article buried the lede somewhat:
“This employee in our Zurich office was absolutely not terminated for writing this or any other memo. Discussion and criticism of workplace policies is fine, but in this case there had been more than 11 complaints and 7 warnings over two years around his antagonistic and disruptive behavior in the workplace, including singling out other employees. Like any other workplace, we have rules against that," a Google spokesperson wrote.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoYou have to be careful with these statements. Reading them from a legal perspective, they say very little. For example, they may absolutely not have been terminated for writing this memo, but for circulating it or refusing to take it down. Similarly, 11 complaints and 7 warnings over two years could all have occurred in 1 month and be the result of said memo. Not saying that is the case, but just pointing out that these public statements always designed to support the company position and seem definitive, while actually committing to nothing factually.
- threatofrain 5y agoMost importantly, we have no information advantage in adjudicating this matter. We can only wait for further news from Google or the employee.
- hklong 5y agoIn these cases the offended ones are always happy to file complaints and the moderate ones never do. So the offended ones win. I've never seen a reasonable person file a complaint. The employee describes the usual oppressive wokeness for employee control story. I see no reason to disbelieve him and Google may be doing doing a hit job: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs27FtYKEos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs27FtYKEos The link as a submission was flagged, presumably by loyal employees.