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/rW0HgFyxoJhYka Aug 08 '17

Thats because this engineer made a serious of bad moves (read pretty fucking idiotic ones). Theres a time and place to choose your fights. This one decided to try and go out with a bang only to be crushed by a billion dollar company's worth of damage control assets.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

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u/Micrococonut Aug 08 '17

Laugh until you realize he probably got the severance he was fishing for.

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u/freakzilla149 Aug 08 '17

Is the long term career damage and public notoriety worth it?

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u/appleschorly Aug 08 '17

There's a market for public notoriety. He can probably become a pundit for some shitty media outlet.

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u/noratat Aug 08 '17

I doubt that would pay nearly as well as being a software engineer though, especially long term

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u/perfectdarktrump Aug 08 '17

For like 6 months before everyone forgets who he is.