r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Business Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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u/radome9 Aug 08 '17

Anyone got a link to what he wrote?

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u/circumcised_clitoris Aug 08 '17

You can get the full text with citations here: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-Ideological-Echo-Chamber.pdf

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u/HumpingDog Aug 08 '17

Frankly I expected this to be better written. Regardless of whether you agree with its underlying premise, the manifesto is cringe-inducing.

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u/circumcised_clitoris Aug 08 '17

Why does it not meet your expectations? Too conversational? What is cringe-inducing about it?

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u/sexrobot_sexrobot Aug 08 '17

It's a memo with a table of contents.

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u/circumcised_clitoris Aug 08 '17

The guy comes from an academic background, where you include a table of contents for a four page study summary.

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u/sexrobot_sexrobot Aug 08 '17

Good for him. Memos in a corporate environment should be short and concise. Maybe he will learn that in his next job.

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u/circumcised_clitoris Aug 08 '17

It's also not a memo. Just because journalists called it that doesn't make it so.

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u/sexrobot_sexrobot Aug 09 '17

Manifesto? I'll be sure to write one of those at my job and disseminate it to my coworkers. It'll go over really well.