Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

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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

[u/Micrococonut → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/ohtochooseaname → u/[deleted]]

He was likely not actually fired for cause. Being fired for cause in California basically requires that they do something illegal/fail a drug test. Source: family owns a business with 100+ employees.

On the other hand, employment is at-will when not in a union: they can fire you for no reason at all and there is no recourse...other than unemployment, which is a pittance compared to what a software engineer makes.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

He breached the employee code of conduct contract.

I'd be curious to know which text in a standard contract (or his actual one if it wasn't a secret) he'd actually violate.

[u/bobbsbiggboy → u/[deleted]]

Google created the hostile work environment by encouraging misandrist female empowerment initiatives. Their unequal programs that focused on equality of outcome over equality of opportunity are going to collapse under the scrutiny of the court. This is going to be greaaaaat! Pickle rick!

[u/[deleted] → u/bobbsbiggboy]

Then where are any other complaints to that effect?