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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
Google Cancels "Town Hall" Due to Leaks
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday February 20 2018, @05:53PM (1 child)
- Some companies assumed women had better people skills and thus tended to be pushed towards project management, technical sales, customer support, and other people-oriented positions rather than technically-oriented positions. Even women who were actually better at programming and admin work than personal interactions. This didn't result in lawsuits because those moves were often accompanied by raises and fancier job titles.
Customer support gets higher salaries than development? Why have I never heard of this? How do I get into that line of work?
I'm not all that social, but meeting and talking with customers here and there sounds better (and probably involves less socializing) than sitting in an open-plan office, especially if I get to travel.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday February 20 2018, @07:17PM
It can when the job title is "technical sales consultant" or "account engineer" rather than "customer service representative".
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.