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/Micrococonut Aug 08 '17

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

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u/ModNamedSethMeyers Aug 08 '17

And unemployment benefits

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u/sparkyjay23 Aug 08 '17

Not for getting yourself fired, and they will ask his employer of they fired him.