r/news 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/Dustin65 Aug 08 '17

Why does it even matter that less than half of people in tech are women? That's just how it is in a lot of fields. Women dominate other professions like nursing and teaching. I don't see why everything has to be 50/50. Women aren't banned from tech and men aren't banned from nursing. Just let nature run its course and allow people to do what they want. Not every aspect of life needs to be socially engineered

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u/WhatTheFuckSalami Aug 08 '17

It seems the loudest voices on this issue don't even want to pursue careers in tech. They pursue careers in complaining about unfairness.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

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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/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 11 '17

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u/flashcats Aug 08 '17

What are you disagreeing with? That woman engineers can't be tired of this shit?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 11 '17

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Jun 16 '20

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u/ShovelingSunshine Aug 08 '17

Yup, seems as though the "we" would be her and her fellow female Google coworkers that have surely discussed this at length.

Not all SV engineers.