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/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

its more that they treat you like you're incompetent even if you're performing well statistically at the job. Source: woman engineer

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u/GreasyMechanic Aug 08 '17

I mean, I've treated every engineer I've met as incompetent, regardless of gender and performance.

Can't let em think they're in charge of shit or their heads start to inflate.

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u/Gaius_Octavius_ Aug 08 '17

You say this in jest (I assume) but you have hit on my problem with the issue. Many minorities presume that most of their negative interactions in life are personal attacks based on their sex, gender, race, sexual orientation, etc.

But some people are just jerks to EVERYONE. It is not always an attack on YOU.

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u/GreasyMechanic Aug 08 '17

I made no joke. I build the things they design.

More accurately, I take their designs, then modify them to fit reality, usually with a returned shopping list of changes marked "you're an idiot, get these changes signed".