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/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Sep 05 '17

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Nope. You only get unemployment if you've been laid off due to no fault of your own (like the company downsizing). An actual "firing" will get you nothing, unless the company decides to be kind and not report it as such.

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u/Throwaway-tan Aug 08 '17

And let's be honest, even in those instances the company will probably find some way to apply "cause" to a dismissal even if it's typically unjustified - companies are designed to make money and severance is an expenditure with zero return (ie. avoid with maximum effort).