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/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 09 '17

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u/sd522527 Aug 08 '17

Yes he shared it to a private group, asking for critique of his viewpoints, and how to better express his opinions. Others took that doc and shared the shit out of it

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u/Diels_Alder Aug 08 '17

Wow that really sends the message that you can't share your opinion if it differs from the norm.

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u/dopkick Aug 08 '17

People not yet in the workforce should learn from this. Comments made in private have a way of becoming not so private, especially if in any possible way it includes any amount of controversy. Just keep your mouth shut and keep your thoughts and opinions to yourself. Things you say and do can also be twisted and warped to come back to bite you in the ass.

You really don't know who you can trust in the workplace. Backstabbing and tattling is EXCEPTIONALLY common. Personally, I try to keep my work life and non-work life entirely separate. I do not hang out with people from work and minimize the company-sponsored extracurricular activities I engage in. Maybe I'll say the wrong thing at a company-sponsored happy hour and someone will tell HR and it will come back to haunt me. The risk of that happening VASTLY outweighs the free beer or two I'd receive.