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I suspect this was posted under such a weird link to get around the dupe checker for the actual source: Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract with Israel's Gov

I suspect this was posted under such a weird link to get around the dupe checker for the actual source: Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract with Israel's Government 16 hours ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40056994 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40056994 I further suspect that that story didn't get very much attention in the last submission because there isn't much of a story here: > Just over a dozen people gathered outside Google’s offices in New York and Sunnyvale on Tuesday. Among those in New York was Google cloud software engineer Eddie Hatfield, who was fired days after disrupting Google Israel’s managing director at March’s Mind The Tech, a company-sponsored conference focused on the Israeli tech industry, in early March.

pc86 3y ago
The most interesting thing about this is that someone who was recently fired was able to get into the Google Cloud CEO's office. I've been in much lower-profile buildings where security checked everyone in in the lobby and even with an escort you wouldn't be able to just go into the CEO's office.
- bitvoid 3y ago
  It said that he was one of the protestors that gathered outside the offices. It said that there are groups protesting outside and inside the offices. I imagine the latter group are all current employees.
- eitally 3y ago
  The Google Cloud CEO's office is in SVL, not NYC (just fyi), so he wasn't there. Additionally, in Google's SVL offices, you can't operate the elevators without a badge (or even get into the elevator lobby without first badging in [or being escorted]. That said, unlike in a lot of companies, the executive office area (for Cloud) is not separated in any way from the offices in the rest of the building. This is not exactly the same as for Alphabet execs (dating back to when Larry & Sergey were running things), with separate private parking, private elevator and partly inaccessible office spaces.
zoobab 3y ago
Wired article was mostly paywalled, there was actually more infos on Slashdot.

pc86 3y ago

The most interesting thing about this is that someone who was recently fired was able to get into the Google Cloud CEO's office. I've been in much lower-profile buildings where security checked everyone in in the lobby and even with an escort you wouldn't be able to just go into the CEO's office.

bitvoid 3y ago
It said that he was one of the protestors that gathered outside the offices. It said that there are groups protesting outside and inside the offices. I imagine the latter group are all current employees.
eitally 3y ago
The Google Cloud CEO's office is in SVL, not NYC (just fyi), so he wasn't there. Additionally, in Google's SVL offices, you can't operate the elevators without a badge (or even get into the elevator lobby without first badging in [or being escorted]. That said, unlike in a lot of companies, the executive office area (for Cloud) is not separated in any way from the offices in the rest of the building. This is not exactly the same as for Alphabet execs (dating back to when Larry & Sergey were running things), with separate private parking, private elevator and partly inaccessible office spaces.

zoobab 3y ago

Wired article was mostly paywalled, there was actually more infos on Slashdot.