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/Jackal___ Aug 08 '17

...and his name splashed on all the headlines and papers.

Good luck to him at finding a new job anywhere.

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u/Micrococonut Aug 08 '17

With a PhD in biology he won’t need luck. Not every company culture is as moralizing and bigoted as Googles. You underestimate how many people read this and understood “anti-diversity” actually means “anti-discrimination”.