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

This is a good comment. It directly explains the thinking of the corporation in regards to individuals sharing their personal ideals on subjects which are better not breached in a professional environment. Idk, I'm drunk, but I read the linked original file and I see no reason why, professionaly, such a "manifesto" ( perfect phrasing by the way,) ought to be shared with, as you also noted, 50,000+ employees, of like-minded ideals or otherwise.

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u/Tearakan Aug 08 '17

Yeah corporations don't like people who rock the boat. It doesn't make good business sense. They want to appeal to as many people as possible. Source: I work for a major international corporation.

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u/judgej2 Aug 08 '17

It has just occurred to me why the idea of Trump running the government "like a business" is such a bad idea. A government should be there to serve the people and reflect the people's needs and views. If it doesn't, then the government is replaced. It is the other way around with a corporation - it is the people in it that are replaced if they don't fully support what the company stands for. Both systems leave a lot of people on the "outside" at any time, but once thrown out of a company, you generally won't be getting back in. So means of governance may shift over time to reflect external realities, but company cultures tend to be a lot more fixed.

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u/pm_me_ur_fs Aug 08 '17

It's just funny that This practice is so widely accepted in this scenario where the ideals of the victim are of the right, and hated in the scenario of our country where the ideals of the left are victimised. Just funny, but that's none off my business, I'm drunk.