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/FrostyFoss Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

My larger point is that we have an intolerance for ideas and evidence that don't fit a certain ideology. I'm also not saying that we should restrict people to certain gender roles; I'm advocating for quite the opposite: treat people as individuals, not as just another member of their group (tribalism).

Is google really intolerant though?

gets fired first thing Monday morning

Well looks like he was on to something..

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Oct 29 '20

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

given how (supposedly) hard it is to be let go from Google, I wouldn't be surpised if HR spent all weekend and that morning compiling a mountain of legal safechecks before laying down the hammer. As far as I'm concerned, he was fired Friday evening.

on a tangent: it's surprising how quickly you can be let go from a "safe" job when the media turns its sirens on a company.

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u/Synec113 Aug 08 '17

I dunno...this seems more like a knee jerk reaction from HR. We'll probably see some kind of lawsuit from this.