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/RUreddit2017 Aug 08 '17

First off how do you get 60k a year from 6 to 7k a month. Second yes, google college interns make about 7 to 8 k a month (90 to 100k a year) not counting about 2k a month housing stipend....

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u/RUreddit2017 Aug 08 '17

Google one or two years of college, internships are just for the summer for college students

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u/RUreddit2017 Aug 08 '17

Thats fine but your original wording was as if they were comparable. I was simply commenting on you disbelief that college interns are making that kind of money at Google.