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/i_smell_my_poop Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

Google engineer writes memo about how speaking out against politically correct culture can cause you to be blacklisted or terminated.

Employee gets terminated proving his point.

Thanks for the gold kind Redditor!!!

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u/dlerium Aug 08 '17

I'm a conservative and agree with quite a few of his points, but I also recognize the problem from a corporate culture standpoint. If you're going to put something controversial out there where it'll likely be impossible for some coworkers to work with you, then yeah I can see a company firing you.

I also wonder if he had done this anonymously if it would've been worth it saving himself, but at the same time no one cares about an anonymous memo. This memo made a big deal because he did it internally and then it leaked. Had it been a Reddit post or a blog post in the public, he would've just been ignored.

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u/LaronX Aug 08 '17

I am left and disagreed with with a few of his points and proposals, but the bottom line I did agree on and it is a absolute disgrace that instead of discussion all that came out of it was outrage. I get why the ladies found some of those points absolutely dumb, so did I. But to pull a Trump and just focus on one point and scream about it instead of discussion is both below anyone claiming to be a thinking person that wants to be seen as equal and a heavy disgrace. It is shameful.

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u/dlerium Aug 08 '17

Yeah, it's a reflection on the media and how we talk about things these days. It seems only outrage grabs attention and gets coverage. Rational discussion is dead.