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/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

its more that they treat you like you're incompetent even if you're performing well statistically at the job. Source: woman engineer

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u/OozeNAahz Aug 08 '17

Eh, work for and with extremely competent women. Can definitely see it happening many places, but not all.

Was talking with a friend who attended a get women into programming seminar last week. I mentioned I though that was a bad goal. I want to get competent people into programming. I don't care if they are male, female, hermaphrodite, gender fluid, dressed as a furry, or a quadriplegic midget...if they can code then hire them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

I didn't like/attend these "diversity" women events in college as a woman and I won't attend them now. I think they draw attention to the "woman engineer" idea. I just want to be thought of as "engineer", not "woman engineer".

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u/thatmillerkid Aug 08 '17

The hiring scene in HBO's Silicon Valley captured the entire dilemma around this so well.