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Be the change you want to see within companies. Of course, these companies can - and have - fire the activist employees as well if they become too obstructing,
by Cthulhu_ 3y ago
Be the change you want to see within companies. Of course, these companies can - and have - fire the activist employees as well if they become too obstructing, like the ones that were protesting Google Cloud doing business with Israel: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/17/24133700/google-fires-28-employees-protest-israel-cloud-contract https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/17/24133700/google-fires-28-...
- ndriscoll 3y agoAn employee isn't going to change Google to exit the mass surveillance and mass propaganda businesses any sooner than they're going to change Raytheon to exit the missile business. It's fundamental to what the company does.
- pxc 3y agoThe relevant comment is misinformed. The person they're referring to without naming is Irene Knapp, who left Google (presumably over her qualms). She's named in some press articles about the Google walkouts in 2020, e.g.: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/18/magazine/google-revolt.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/18/magazine/goog...