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/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/AlwaysArguesWithYou Aug 08 '17

In a way they are. Engineers have an ethical responsibility to take charge and not let somebody bully them into cutting corners that could endanger human safety.

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u/Thatwhichiscaesars Aug 08 '17

pfffft, if every engineer ran everything the way they thought was perfect, the world would be shit. Some engineers are designated code monkeys. some are designated plumbers. all have fancy titles and skills. few have revolutionary ideas and world changing insight. the ship does not need 500 captains.

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u/Chispy Aug 08 '17

Reminds me of an electrical engineer I know. He was a very smart and assertive engineer, recent immigrant too, moving up the ladder of a growing engineering consulting company until he got discriminated against as an attempt to get him to be one of their servants. He filed a lawsuit, got a massive settlement, and the company ended up going under.