I think this may be a case where people are reacting to the title rather than the content. The article seems to point out a reason why Google would publish this

I think this may be a case where people are reacting to the title rather than the content. The article seems to point out a reason why Google would publish this information. > Google is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by women who allege systemic underpayment. And the Department of Labor is investigating whether Google pays women less. With that context, the Google study's findings is almost comical. They're basically saying "Oh, we're not underpaying women, we're actually underpaying men." Also the manner in which the pay gap was distributed. > The Washington Post explains that in Google's 2018 study, "Managers had dipped into the discretionary funds more often for women engineers, creating a pay gap for men in the same job category."