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This really reads like more of the same story, I don't see these two narratives to be in opposition. For sure, one reads pretty angry at Google and the other is

This really reads like more of the same story, I don't see these two narratives to be in opposition. For sure, one reads pretty angry at Google and the other is clearly pro-Google but the facts are much the same.

sergiotapia 11y ago
Well, no. The ex-employee says management was pissed and hush hush. The reddit comment says management mentioned it openly in one of their scheduled all-hands weekly meeting. Quote: "Friend says the sheet was addressed a company all-hands meeting (it wasn't the focus of the meeting, apparently they have an all-hands every week and it was mentioned. Can that be right tho? Aren't there like tens of thousands of people all across the world? How can you have an all-hands meeting the world over every week? anyway...)"
- cmiles74 11y ago
  Maybe I'm just too cynical and jaded, but to me it just sounds like damage control from the management side. Once word got around about this spreadsheet, what else can management do? As management, you let everyone know that you know about it and you backpeddle from your problematic "we will fire you for your involvement" position. Someone from Human Resources affirms what everyone now knows (from doing a quick Google search), that this is not grounds for dismissal but that it makes things hard for management, so on and so forth.
- Steko 11y ago
  Maybe you should read the comment again, it does not say management brought it up. My understanding of these google meetings is anyone can bring up things. Also: (1) The fact that management can discuss something does not mean they do not object to it. There are many degrees of disapproval. (2) Management is not a monolith, it's composed of many people taking many sometimes contradictory actions -- the fact that Joe was not harassed on Friday does not mean that Joe was not ever harassed.

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This really reads like more of the same story, I don't see these two narratives to be in opposition. For sure, one reads pretty angry at Google and the other is

by cmiles74 11y ago

sergiotapia 11y ago
Well, no. The ex-employee says management was pissed and hush hush. The reddit comment says management mentioned it openly in one of their scheduled all-hands weekly meeting. Quote: "Friend says the sheet was addressed a company all-hands meeting (it wasn't the focus of the meeting, apparently they have an all-hands every week and it was mentioned. Can that be right tho? Aren't there like tens of thousands of people all across the world? How can you have an all-hands meeting the world over every week? anyway...)"
- cmiles74 11y ago
  Maybe I'm just too cynical and jaded, but to me it just sounds like damage control from the management side. Once word got around about this spreadsheet, what else can management do? As management, you let everyone know that you know about it and you backpeddle from your problematic "we will fire you for your involvement" position. Someone from Human Resources affirms what everyone now knows (from doing a quick Google search), that this is not grounds for dismissal but that it makes things hard for management, so on and so forth.
- Steko 11y ago
  Maybe you should read the comment again, it does not say management brought it up. My understanding of these google meetings is anyone can bring up things. Also: (1) The fact that management can discuss something does not mean they do not object to it. There are many degrees of disapproval. (2) Management is not a monolith, it's composed of many people taking many sometimes contradictory actions -- the fact that Joe was not harassed on Friday does not mean that Joe was not ever harassed.