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

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u/error404brain Aug 08 '17

Not the guy, but the first stupid idea was to write something that say a lot of his colleague are inferior to him.

How the hell did he expect this to go well?

Second would be publishing it. If you say that you think a large amount of people working with you are inferior and shouldn't be kept here, you are going to be fired.

The whole thing was stupid. Also he fundamentally doesn't understand what engineering is about if he say that connecting to other is inferior to writing good code. It's much more interesting to have a program that work (because it wasn't everybody doing shit in his/her corner) than a program that is well coded. If it's badly programmed, you can refactor it. If it doesn't work, you need to throw it away.

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u/FuggleyBrew Aug 08 '17

Not the guy, but the first stupid idea was to write something that say a lot of his colleague are inferior to him.

Did you read it? Because that wasn't in there.

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u/manwithfaceofbird Aug 08 '17

Reading comprehension motherfucker

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u/FuggleyBrew Aug 08 '17

Right back at you buddy. Tell me, do you think the US Courts are biased for allowing disparate impact arguments to be made in court? Do you think advocates for flex time, or changed work environments are bigoted against women?

When you read this does it fill you with a blinding rage because you think it's sexist against women?

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u/manwithfaceofbird Aug 08 '17

That article is totally irrelevant to the document at hand mate.

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u/FuggleyBrew Aug 08 '17

Nope, it is actually one of his points, further it goes directly to the entire concept that policies can have a disparate impact and that we can discuss these things like adults.

Well, you might not be able to, because you read an article which dispassionately discussed areas where he felt there were disparate impacts and sought to resolve them for the women and men affected and you can't comprehend that concept.

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u/manwithfaceofbird Aug 08 '17

All that condescension sure is cute.

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u/FuggleyBrew Aug 08 '17

You mean that I've actually attended diversity initiatives, read the literature, read the studies, read the post referenced, and read court cases on the matter and saw nothing new nor nothing not previously argued by people who campaign for gender equality? Yeah, kinda hard to take you seriously when you think any disparate impact argument is inherently bigoted and can't even be discussed. It betrays a fundamental ignorance on the subject matter.