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Google didn't violate labor laws by firing engineer James Damore for a memo criticizing the company's diversity program, according to a recently disclosed letter from the US National Labor Relations Board. The lightly redacted statement is written by Jayme Sophir, associate general counsel of the NLRB's division of advice; it dates to January, but was released yesterday, according to Law.com. Sophir concludes that while some parts of Damore's memo were legally protected by workplace regulations, "the statements regarding biological differences between the sexes were so harmful, discriminatory, and disruptive as to be unprotected."
Damore filed an NLRB complaint in August of 2017, after being fired for internally circulating a memo opposing Google's diversity efforts. Sophir recommends dismissing the case; Bloomberg reports that Damore withdrew it in January, and that his lawyer says he's focusing on a separate lawsuit alleging discrimination against conservative white men at Google. NLRB records state that its case was closed on January 19th.
There are White House Staff positions open, I hear.
Previously: Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo on Gender Differences
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(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:07AM (5 children)
Work hard to create a massive advertising platform today and an all-encompassing controlling corporation in the future. Every Google employee should eat dick and die.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:26AM (3 children)
A recent grad engineer told me at work that he went to a career fair and there was a line of like 70 recent grads standing in line for a chance to talk to the Google rep.
They remind me of those fucking idiots who wait in the Starbucks drive-through queue wrapped around the block, just for an overpriced burnt coffee that tastes like cardboard, or wait for 3-4 hours standing in line around the block for a mediocre skillet-fried Hodad's burger that they believe is the best because the reviews in the paper said so.
Then the lucky few who get in get to slave their asses off all day only to sleep in sleeping bags in the office, or live out of their cars otherwise, spending half their lives looking at the license plates of the cars around them stuck in Bay Area traffic and it's totally worth it to give up your dignity and standard of living forthe privilege of rollerblading at work.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:34AM (2 children)
Some people are doing very well at Google. Such as rockstars with actual skills or the CEOs of companies that get bought and folded into the giant.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @05:41AM (1 child)
Some people are doing very well at selling narcotics and contract murder... I guess if you're only in it for the money, it's perfectly okay.
(Score: 2, Touché) by linuxrocks123 on Tuesday February 20 2018, @06:57AM
Well that escalated quickly.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @06:14AM
I don't think that would have the effect you think it would. The hetero women and gay men would mostly be all over the former, although not the latter.
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