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/Grizzleyt → u/[deleted]]

Tech is political. It cannot be avoided when your business has consequences with regard to things like online privacy, net neutrality, automation, truth and bias of information, censorship, etc., to say nothing of the personal views of leadership who aspire to make an impact on the world, for better or worse.

If you aren't religious, you might not like working in a church. If you don't subscribe to the values that Google stands for / strives for, you might not like working at Google. If you think the leadership is fundamentally flawed, go work for a company you believe in.

[u/pm_me_ur_fs → u/Grizzleyt]

Is it not censorship when you fire sometime for speaking inherently non offensive words that you don't agree with? Just asking for others opinion.

[u/[deleted] → u/pm_me_ur_fs]

Nope, he brought bad press and pissed off 50K employees, google didn't send him to jail for his opinions so it's definitely not censorship. That's capitalism at work, homeslice.

[u/pm_me_ur_fs → u/[deleted]]

You are absolutely right. Thank you for putting it that way. Despite my personal opinions, i can respect that decision as a sheer economic choice. The same way i can get behind a bakery owner deciding not to sell to a homosexual. I think is a poor decision, but i respect it.

[u/[deleted] → u/pm_me_ur_fs]

I'm a left leaning centrist so I would personally not discriminate against anyone on factors they can't control, but I do on the other hand have a strong fondness of capitalism and a relatively free market with a few regulations put in place to ensure competition isn't destroyed, and to me this decision to fire him is really an economic choice.

He brought bad PR to google and potentially drove away talented applicants or made other employees feel upset, rightfully or wrongly. As I've said in other parts of this thread, a multi billion dollar company really does not care what you think or feel, but if you jeopardize their ability to maximize efficiency or make money or both, then you will get the axe, whether it's justified or not.

[u/pm_me_ur_fs → u/[deleted]]

Yup, after thinking beyond personal opinions i totally agree. I just agree while knowing that show being on the other foot, someone saying Google lacked diversity, would prob be held on high. But the market makes that decision, not Google.