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Their actions achieved nothing of consequence. I don't see how that makes them "heroes", even from the point of view of someone that supports their views.
by zeroonetwothree 3y ago
Their actions achieved nothing of consequence. I don't see how that makes them "heroes", even from the point of view of someone that supports their views.
- rufus_foreman 3y ago>> Their actions achieved nothing of consequence They drew attention to their cause, you're talking about them. You're talking about their cause. >> even from the point of view of someone that supports their views What views of theirs do you support, exactly?
- userbinator 3y agoThere is such a thing as bad publicity.
- rufus_foreman 3y agoThere's such a thing as bad publicity for Google also.
- M911T 3y agothere's also the fact that google will just keep being used by nearly everyone. at the same time, for the now fired employees, having "was a google employee" in their resumes will help them land a new job
- reactordev 3y agoSo long as they never mention why they are a former Google employee. Instead of a current one.
- b112 3y agoThis is accurate. HR doesn't want protesters on staff, and HR often googles candidates, checks social media, etc. They may find sympathy at some businesses, but the larger the company, likely the less of that.
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- camdenreslink 3y agoI think it really depends on the company. There are a lot of companies out there with a wide range of values. Some might even consider this a quality that they want in a candidate (it will certainly eliminate them from consideration for some companies though).
- reactordev 3y agoThat’s true! Some might even be more inclined to hire you based on your stance on the matter and that you protested. Good point. Just saying it’s not the best light to show why you were let go. I stick to the canned “We were over-resourced and so there were layoffs” is an easy blanket statement.
- userbinator 3y agoI doubt the majority of companies will consider it desirable even if they happen to be in political agreement with you --- because people's beliefs change over time.
- Simulacra 3y agoTell that to Kristi Noem...
- andsoitis 3y ago> They drew attention to their cause, you're talking about them. You're talking about their cause. You almost got it. We are talking about them… but not about their cause. And therein lies the gold: they found a cause that they can use to scream look at me me me.
- b112 3y agoSadly for them, I don't know any of their names, couldn't care who they are, and their protest will vanish from the news cycle in a few hours ... forever. I suspect this is the same for everyone, even those who may be discussing Google's response. So they may have wanted a "me me me" response, or they may have legitimately wanted to raise awareness, but it's a pretty large fail for a now strongly narrowed career path.
- gitfan86 3y ago[flagged]
- faeriechangling 3y agoI feel "Virtue signalling" isn't really fair when they have so much skin in the game here. That's evidence of sincerity rather than disingenuousness, agree or disagree with them. Unless the definition of virtue signalling is so expansive as to be meaningless, where every act of protest which is not anonymous is virtue signalling.
- gitfan86 3y agoThe consequence of their actions is that they receive high social status from people with similar politics and Google makes zero changes to their contracts with Israel. And that was obviously going to be the result of these actions. If you want to attribute their actions to a genuine desire to help the Palestinians, that is fine.
- faeriechangling 2y agoYou know, accusing others of virtue signalling can itself be a form of virtue signalling.
- gitfan86 2y agoOk, but how is that relevant to the Google employees motives? Are you just changing the subject?
- ParetoOptimal 3y ago> Their actions achieved nothing of consequence. They accomplished me never responding to Google recruiter emails and informing others in my network to avoid Google where they can be fired for happening upon a protest at work.
- robertlagrant 3y agoThat might make them Google's heroes.
- colpabar 3y agoI would say google is more than okay with that.