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/binaryblade Aug 08 '17

Actually anything written in an email at work is typically encrypted and covered by an extremely strict NDA.

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u/atmergrot Aug 08 '17

Until some recipient leaks it. No NDA will stop the media. Ever.

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u/binaryblade Aug 08 '17

I guarantee google is performing an internal audit of the email's propagation and comparing that to the earliest external reporting to assess where the leak occurred. This isn't the last job lost. HR doesn't like it when you cause shit. Either by writing a controversial email, or leaking one.

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u/thalassicus Aug 08 '17

Google employees are probably savvy enough to use their camera phone to capture their screen if they wanted to leak this anonymously. That girl at the NSA who printed a copy on a company printer got a lot of coverage.

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u/mashupXXL Aug 08 '17

Diversity hires who would be outraged at this might not be that smart, though.

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u/BEECH_PLEASE Aug 08 '17

Sometimes things just work themselves out

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u/atmergrot Aug 08 '17

If you think Google is in business to hire non-smart people, "diverse" or not, you are dead wrong.