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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 kaszz on Wednesday August 09 2017, @02:03AM (1 child)
Any link that explains the story about where your health care fucked up?
Btw, to dig deeper into the issue:
Average IQ by country [iq-research.info]
Though I think IQ misses the wisdom and creativity side. So while IQ is the shit to get through college etc. There's more to doing great things. A reading of Nobel prize winner bios hints a lot towards this.
(Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Wednesday August 09 2017, @02:31AM
Ah, that's a data set that can be terribly misinterpreted if we don't control for poverty levels. And as you note, there be dragons looking solely at IQ.
Heh, even I don't want to dig through my post history to find the last time I outlined what happened to me.
Basically, I was between doctors and suddenly lost access to my meds. I'm certain this was in retaliation for a certain very specific (and somewhat tense) exchange between… (*checks client confidentially agreement*) between another assigned male and a feminist, but I'll never be able to prove it. If I ever found hard evidence, I would probably be able to retaliate myself with a sueball or two.
Anyway, I would have run out of my meds before I could have possibly gotten a new letter of recommendation from a psychologist to become established in a new practice. Health care for a trans person is something that nobody is willing to provide around here just like they will for a cisgendered person walking off the street with any other rare condition.
So, I did what I had to do, weighed options, and decided that my new medical home would be in the big city, even if driving out there is a royal pain that requires me to take time off. Fortunately, my employer is understanding.