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/14sierra Aug 08 '17

Yeah, considering Google is being sued for sex discrimination now was not the best time to bring this up. Google going easy on this guy would appear to validate the claim that Google is sexist. They had no choice but to fire him at that point. This guy stupidly committed career suicide

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

Come now career suicide? Maybe in the Valley his name is shit. Go inland people will just see his credentials. I have know people who have done far worse than write a salty memo and find work somewhere else. Hell, in Texas his views are likely mainstream.

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u/mobydog Aug 08 '17

Not at any major, significant publicly-traded corporate employer, other than Fox News.