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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Google employees will walk out on Thursday to protest company's [techcrunch.com]

Days after a New York Times investigation [nytimes.com] revealed Google gave Android creator Andy Rubin a $90 million exit package despite multiple relationships with other Google staffers and accusations of sexual misconduct, some 200 employees at the search giant are planning a walkout, per BuzzFeed News [buzzfeednews.com]. We've reached out to Google for comment.

The walkout, or "women's walk," as it's been referred to in internal company forums, is planned for Thursday.

Following the NYT report, Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai and its vice president of people operations Eileen Naughton co-signed a company memo [techcrunch.com] admitting that 48 people had been terminated at the company for sexual harassment in the past two years, 13 of which held a senior management position or higher. None of them, according to the memo, received an exit package.

See also: Google is 'bold and inspired' for coming clean about its 'Game of Thrones' culture of sex and power [businessinsider.com]

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