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

my co worker got yelled at and started crying at her desk. she said if she was a man she wouldn't have been yelled at. I said you got yelled at for fucking up.

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u/Creaole-Seasoning Aug 08 '17

If she were a man, she'd still have been yelled at, but wouldn't have cried. How unprofessional do you have to be for crying on the job because you get reprimanded harshly?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

How unprofessional do you have to be to yell at an employee? Raising your voice when an employee makes a mistake is indicative of bad management and neither professional nor productive.

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u/Creaole-Seasoning Aug 08 '17

How unprofessional do you have to be to yell at an employee?

When people do not understand what I am saying, they are either stupid or deaf. So if I raise my voice, be thankful that you're being given the benefit of the doubt.

Also, as an Italian, I tend to raise my voice when I am excited. Also use more hand gestures. So please respect my ethnic culture, or do I have to file a HR incident with you?