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Everything you do, and everything that happens -- from the location of a water cooler down to serious violations of the law -- is confidential upon pain of termination and the risk of ruinous litigation. You are forbidden to speak to the government, attorneys or the press about wrongdoings at the Company. You are forbidden to speak to your spouse, or your friends, about whether you think your boss could do a better job.
These are only a few of the eye-catching elements in Google's confidentiality policies, according to a lawsuit brought forward by one of the 65,000 "Googlers". The plaintiff has registered his complaint under a "John Doe" identity, as Brian Katz, Google's Director of Global Investigations, Intelligence & Protective Services falsely informed the rest of the Googlers that plaintiff had been terminated for leaking certain information to the press. This was not the case, and Katz knew this, according to the plaintiff: he fears going public will ruin his reputation in the tech industry.
Earlier this year, a Nest employee was fired because he posted comments about Nest's CEO Tony Fadell on Facebook. The reason given for termination was that these posts breached Google's Data Classification guidelines.
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Monday December 26 2016, @06:52AM
And that's exactly what people like you complain about when others do the same.
When have I done that, exactly?
Seriously, what's the point of your post? Because it sure looks like nothing more than you telling the world about your superior morality.
My point is to protest stuff like this:
You are forbidden to speak to your spouse, or your friends, about whether you think your boss could do a better job.
If enough people refuse to stand for stuff like this noone will be able to enforce it, and I'll happily be the first one to stand up and say my obligation to my wife will always outweigh my obligation to my employer, even if it means I lose my job. Other people might not feel so free to do so so I'll gladly go first.
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