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Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo on Gender Differences

posted by takyon on Tuesday August 08 2017, @08:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the conversation-starter dept.

MrPlow writes:

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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

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by kaszz on Tuesday August 08 2017, @11:52PM (3 children)

    by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday August 08 2017, @11:52PM (#550829) Journal

    Quick TD;LR: (I found this story a bit confusing when I first read about it)
      * A Google employee writes a politically incorrect but scientifically correct posting (0) on a internal Google message board.
      * Google engineer: James Damore - Writes memo scientifically analyzing differences between people and career outcome with remedy recommendations.
      * CEO: Sundar Pichai - sends out a company wide note that portions of the memo violate the code of conduct.
      * New vice president for diversity, integrity and governance: Danielle Brown - sends a statement to staff condemning James.

    So the motto:
      a) Don't be evil .. updated ^H^H Do the right thing [9to5google.com]
      b) Except when there is a profit to be made. Short for moaahr moooney.
      c) Except for profit when government demands exception to do more spying.
      d) Except for money and except for government spying when political commissar [wikipedia.org] demands exception to deliver "special treatment" to heretics.
      e) If you think anything, then let our political commissars think for you.

    Reference list (by looorg):
      (0) Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber [diversitymemo.com] original [diversitymemo.com] Backup: https://archive.is/H3fK8 [archive.is]
      (1) The Google Memo: Four Scientists Respond [quillette.com] ; Lee Jussim is a professor of social psychology ; David P Schmitt Professor Ph.D. in personality psychology ; Geoffrey Miller professor in evolutionary psychology ; Debra W Soh a PhD in sexual neuroscience ; Backup: https://archive.is/z6xxP [archive.is]
      (2) No, the Google manifesto isn’t sexist or anti-diversity. It’s science [theglobeandmail.com] written by Debra Soh with a PhD in sexual neuroscience. Backup: https://archive.is/fEckf [archive.is]
      (3) Google Code of Conduct [abc.xyz] Backup: https://archive.is/RPOtr [archive.is] archive.org versions [archive.org]

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday August 09 2017, @12:17AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Wednesday August 09 2017, @12:17AM (#550843) Journal

    Btw, I can recommend anyone to read the James memo [diversitymemo.com]. It has some pretty good analyze and suggestions for remedy.

    Is Google ready for the FuckedCompany list? ;^>

  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday August 09 2017, @08:36AM (1 child)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday August 09 2017, @08:36AM (#551020) Homepage
    I think we've found the smoking gun... Google are clearly racist to the core:

    """
    Dog Policy

    Google’s affection for our canine friends is an integral facet of our corporate culture. We like cats, but we’re a dog company, so as a general rule we feel cats visiting our offices would be fairly stressed out. For more on this, see our Dog Policy.
    """
    --
    Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves

    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday August 09 2017, @05:14PM

      by kaszz (4211) on Wednesday August 09 2017, @05:14PM (#551196) Journal

      Time to bring the cat to work. Just to annoy them.. ;)