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Google is struggling to discuss the recent diversity memo controversy internally:
Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, canceled a scheduled all-hands staff meeting—moments before it was scheduled to begin—meant to address concerns over a controversial essay published by former employee James Damore.
In an email to staff, Pichai explained that questions from employees had been leaked and that, in some cases, specific employees' identities were revealed, exposing them to harassment and threats. Instead of today's large-scale meeting, which was to be livestreamed to Google's 60,000 employees worldwide, smaller groups will meet sometime in the future.
"We had hoped to have a frank open discussion today as we always do to bring us together and move forward. But our Dory questions appeared externally this afternoon, and on some websites Googlers are now being named personally," Pichai said in the email.
Also at CNET.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday August 11 2017, @06:47PM (2 children)
Exactly. As I pointed out already, nobody should give a fuck about anything except job performance. Can that midget code? Then give him a desk and throw his ass on a bar stool and let him get to work. Having worked for the military industrial complex, I have seen many bro-tier gay dudes and dykes who are strictly business and no-bullshit -- both of which could kick my ass in a split second.
Interviewing somebody with pink or blue hair? Give 'em a chance. If they are strictly business, that's good. If they throw out a lot of bad dog-whistles out there like "diversity" and "tolerance" then reject. Because we're discussing business, not politics. Do you code? Let's see it. What kind of shit did you fix in the past, what kind of bathrooms did you clean or what kind of shrubbery did you trim? Oh, a joke about a sports team? That's a harmless distraction and totally acceptable.
What needs to be done is to start a major technology firm catering to bros. Women and trannies will be welcome as long as they subscribe to the bro culture and be able to not only receive trash talk, but to dish it out. Parking lot fights will not be forbidden, but rather "team-building" exercises. Women, when given the ability to talk trash, have the upper-hand in calling a bro a micropenis'd limp-dick motherfucker.
(Score: 2) by FakeBeldin on Friday August 11 2017, @10:51PM
So basically you're saying that people should be evaluated on job performance, as long as they don't mess up the workplace culture?
"work well, don't mess up our club"...sounds reasonable to me.
The devil is, of course in the details: what is "work well", and when are you "messing up the club"?
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday August 12 2017, @05:29AM
I think there's a difference between saying your code sucks and telling a person deserves to die etc. Same goes for parking lot fights.
Because, how will good code survive if sucking snowflake code gets to stay because.. diversity in bugs & core dump.