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Google Cancels "Town Hall" Due to Leaks

posted by martyb on Friday August 11 2017, @02:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the hurry-up-and-stop dept.

takyon writes:

Google is struggling to discuss the recent diversity memo controversy internally:

Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, canceled a scheduled all-hands staff meeting—moments before it was scheduled to begin—meant to address concerns over a controversial essay published by former employee James Damore.

In an email to staff, Pichai explained that questions from employees had been leaked and that, in some cases, specific employees' identities were revealed, exposing them to harassment and threats. Instead of today's large-scale meeting, which was to be livestreamed to Google's 60,000 employees worldwide, smaller groups will meet sometime in the future.

"We had hoped to have a frank open discussion today as we always do to bring us together and move forward. But our Dory questions appeared externally this afternoon, and on some websites Googlers are now being named personally," Pichai said in the email.

Also at CNET.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 11 2017, @05:30PM (3 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday August 11 2017, @05:30PM (#552449) Journal

    Oh yeah, transparency. That's a good thing, unless it threatens my own plans, then transparency ain't so good.

    You seem to be implying a double-standard by Google here. Like they were totally fine with the first leak.

    That's crazy talk! They're in the middle of a gender pay gap investigation with the DOE! [wired.com] Then this dumbass posts that women get less raises because of their gender!

    Pretty sure they're opposed to all the leaks...

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  • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Friday August 11 2017, @07:40PM

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Friday August 11 2017, @07:40PM (#552528) Homepage Journal

    Thank you.gif

  • (Score: 2) by slinches on Friday August 11 2017, @09:14PM (1 child)

    by slinches (5049) on Friday August 11 2017, @09:14PM (#552589)

    Then why didn't they publicly fire the guy that leaked the memo instead of the guy that wrote it?

    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday August 12 2017, @07:22PM

      by kaszz (4211) on Saturday August 12 2017, @07:22PM (#552933) Journal

      Because they don't want to solve anything. It's a power grab with diversity as the excuse and tool. In Soviet union they also had political commissars, informants, etc.

      When the people of Iran got fed up with their Shah. Theocrats (Islamist's) and the Left worked together to overthrow the government. Once it succeeded the Islamist's continued to kill the Left as a response to their help. There are similarities here. Once diversity people has served their usefulness to power grab. They are not likely to be treated well.