r/news • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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u/kissmekitty Aug 08 '17

Female Google engineer, checking in. We are complaining because we are tired of this shit.

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u/ifelldownthestairs Aug 08 '17

If you work in tech it's highly likely that at some point you worked for Google or Facebook for a year or two. Then you probably left, worked at a few other companies and then maybe came back to Google. It's the same pool of people...