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

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @06:30AM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @06:30AM (#550975)

    To all you who have usurped the word conservative who are frothing at the mouth right now, wah wah go create your own company and hire only who you want and succeed where you feel Google is failing.

    ... any chair in a bar fight.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @07:08AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @07:08AM (#550986)

    το θάνατο στους Τούρκους και φασίστες

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @07:26AM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @07:26AM (#550991)

      το θάνατο στους Τούρκους και φασίστες [Death to the Turks and fascists]

      The fascists in this case being the ones attempting thought control.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @07:57AM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @07:57AM (#551003)

        You really should look into Nazi and Italian and Spanish Fascist positions on the place of women in society! It's OK, we will wait.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @08:26AM (2 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @08:26AM (#551017)

          I was unaware that Google was owned by Italy and Spain.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @09:56AM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @09:56AM (#551045)

            There is much you are unaware of, judging by your posts here.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @10:55AM

              by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @10:55AM (#551054)

              Unsurprisingly, ad hominem and nothing else.