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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: 2) by jmorris on Tuesday August 08 2017, @09:05PM (8 children)
Maybe you shouldn't pontificate on things you don't actually know anything about. Guy is a Harvard Biology PhD, not a random software engineer. He was in fact discussing subjects within his wheelhouse. Remember, Google has been sucking in the best and brightest from a LOT of fields for years, doing who knows what sort of Evil Google Things. I'm still rooting for him having gobs of those Evil Secrets safely uploaded to WikiLeaks. Google hasn't had many disgruntled ex-employees up until now so their secrets have stayed a lot more secret than, for a random example, the U.S. government.
#GoogleLeaks. Lets all root for it to happen. In Kek's name we ask this! For great lulz!
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday August 08 2017, @10:32PM
Maybe you are right that the time is ripe for some serious secrets to be spilled from google due to people being disgruntled. They could of course attack people they know about like in this case. But there's always the uncertainty of people inside watching this play out and deciding to play hard wrecking ball from the inside.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday August 08 2017, @11:26PM
If he is the only one who leaks, he would be really easy to sue by GOOG.
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(Score: 5, Informative) by aristarchus on Wednesday August 09 2017, @02:15AM (4 children)
Turns out he is not. 28 years old, worked for google since 2013? PhD at 24? Except Harvard says he does not hold a Doctorate from them. What else is he lying about?
Maybe, jmorris, you should not pontificate on things you know nothing about?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @02:56AM (3 children)
A bit of extra sauce on the resume never hurts.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @03:18AM (2 children)
Except when it is academic fraud. I know of persons who did not complete a PhD, and awarded themselves a consolation MA, but unfortunately from an institution that did not have a MA in the discipline. Did not end well. But to just grant yourself a PhD, from Harvard? Being a sexist conservative seems to be the least of this guy's problems.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @04:51AM (1 child)
Sorry, that was meant tongue-in-cheek.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday August 09 2017, @06:15AM
Yeah, caught it. But it does raise the question of the memo author's bona fides, if you know what I mean.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @07:15PM
really? such a low level writing for that title