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Google has terminated four employees for allegedly sharing sensitive information after weeks of internal dissent related to the mistrust of leadership. At least two of the employees were at the center of recent worker protests in San Francisco.
In a memo sent to staffers on Monday, three members of Google's Security and Investigations Team wrote that the four workers were fired after investigations into their behavior concluded that they were engaged in wrongdoing.
"There's been some misinformation circulating about this investigation, both internally and externally," according to the memo, titled "Securing our data." "We want to be clear that none of these individuals were fired for simply looking at documents or calendars during the ordinary course of their work. To the contrary, our thorough investigation found the individuals were involved in systematic searches for other employees' materials and work."
Google confirmed the memo, which was first reported by Bloomberg. The company declined to comment further or confirm which individual employees were terminated. But Rebecca Rivers, who previously spoke out about Google's contracts with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, tweeted she was one of them. Last week, a group of 20 Google employees in San Francisco protested the interrogation of Rivers and another employee, Laurence Berland, who had been placed on sudden and indefinite administrative leave for allegedly sharing sensitive information.
(Score: 2, Disagree) by jasassin on Tuesday November 26 2019, @09:05PM (4 children)
You got a coosh job at Google and enough money to live in San Francisco, but you still gotta bitch. FUCK YOU.
I hope they get blacklisted so bad Mcdonalds won't hire them. Then they'll wake up and smell the coffee... oh wait they can't afford their Starbucks quad long shot grande in a venti cup half calf double cupped no sleeve salted caramel mocha latte with 2 pumps of vanilla substitute 2 pumps of white chocolate mocha for mocha and substitute 2 pumps of hazelnut for toffee nut half whole milk and half breve with no whipped cream extra hot extra foam extra caramel drizzle extra salt add a scoop of vanilla bean powder with light ice well stirred.
No sympathy whatsoever.
jasassin@gmail.com GPG Key ID: 0xE6462C68A9A3DB5A
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 26 2019, @09:47PM
But what if they can't afford the gender reassignment surgery they were saving up for? Oh, the tragedy...
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Freeman on Tuesday November 26 2019, @09:47PM
Now I know why I don't like Starbucks. 'bah, who am I kidding, it's overpriced coffee and only people with more money than sense buy their coffee from them. Get you a can of Cappacino mix and whip you up something, it'll be better than Starbucks and 50x cheaper.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday November 26 2019, @10:10PM
I don't think I have the patience (or rage) to write a sentence like that.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 28 2019, @07:32PM
I don't understand what they did to make you so angry. Even if the staffers were stupid, Google deserves to burn to the ground to begin with. We should have privacy laws so strict that companies like Google simply cease to exist.