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> the cause was being a jerk to coworkers repeatedly (she repeatedly attacked internal researchers on internally public mailing lists in an unprofessional way).
by gwern 5y ago
> the cause was being a jerk to coworkers repeatedly (she repeatedly attacked internal researchers on internally public mailing lists in an unprofessional way).
No, the cause was her ultimatum email demanding the names of the reviewers among several other things (which she refers to as "simple conditions") or she quit, and then also emailing Googlers telling them to stop working. The first was the email her manager replied to saying they weren't going to meet her demand and her resignation was accepted immediately given her other email, rather than after a leisurely vacation and few months of wrapup like she wanted. (This is how Gebru apologists justify defining it as 'firing' rather than 'quitting', to make her look like more of a victim.)
- dekhn 5y agoThose were all proximal causes, not ultimate causes. I don't think she was a victim, I'm not an apologist, but the way google fired her was still rather unprofessional and had some severe consequences for the people who did it which are obviously still playing out today. What's amazing is that if they're put her on a pip for textually assaulting her coworkers, she would have been gone in 6-12 months without as much noise.
- themacguffinman 5y agoFew are really fooled by a PIP response like this. I'd fire anyone who would make the decision to give such a high profile activist 6-12 more months of authorization to internal company materials and direct contact with colleagues to lash out against the company with the not-so-hidden knowledge that they're on their way out. We already know that another colleague who sympathized with her attempted to exfiltrate company material after Gebru was summarily fired. Many companies will still immediately escort you from the premises if you quit amicably.