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Alphabet Inc.'s Google has fired an employee who wrote an internal memo blasting the web company's diversity policies, creating a firestorm across Silicon Valley. James Damore, the Google engineer who wrote the note, confirmed his dismissal in an email, saying that he had been fired for "perpetuating gender stereotypes." He said he's "currently exploring all possible legal remedies."
[...] Earlier on Monday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent a note to employees that said portions of the memo "violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace." But he didn't say if the company was taking action against the employee. A Google representative, asked about the dismissal, referred to Pichai's memo.
[...] After the controversy swelled, Danielle Brown, Google's new vice president for diversity, integrity and governance, sent a statement to staff condemning Damore's views and reaffirmed the company's stance on diversity. In internal discussion boards, multiple employees said they supported firing the author, and some said they would not choose to work with him, according to postings viewed by Bloomberg News.
"We are unequivocal in our belief that diversity and inclusion are critical to our success as a company," Brown said in the statement. "We'll continue to stand for that and be committed to it for the long haul."
Source: Bloomberg.
[Update: Apparently Julian Assange has offered James Damore a job, saying that "Censorship is for losers". - Fnord666]
Previously: Googler's Memo on Culture of Diversity Extremism Goes Viral Inside Google
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Wednesday August 09 2017, @06:52AM (1 child)
Oh my, bless your soul, jmorris! Of course we all see the full horror. But we do not despair because it is progress and enlightenment! What makes you tear up and curl up in a fetal position is what makes others proud to be members of the human species! Imagine, people being appreciated for what they are, not believing in archaic gender roles, not thinking that money is something that has intrinsic worth, not believing in some sky fairy who conveniently happens to be a White Male (thar she blows!) instead of a pile of pasta, all this and more inspires your enemies: real people. So look on with horror and despair. This is a good thing. Take khallow with you. Runaway might come, but he really has no idea what has happened or what is going on.
But there is an option open to you. Come to the bright side, jmorris! We have cookies! Homebaked cookies! Some with cannibus! You, too, could become a progressive and work for the improvement of humanity!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @08:46AM
"The Horror! The Horror! Horror! Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies."
jmorris =Col. Kurz.