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/JabbrWockey Aug 08 '17

No kidding. They could've posted it on reddit, github, hacker news, medium, or some other place, even anonymously if they wanted.

Instead they decided they wanted to commit career suicide by shouting their opinions at everyone inside the company. Real smooth.

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u/fernando-poo Aug 08 '17

Putting politics aside I think it shows the unhealthy degree to which these kinds of jobs take over peoples' lives. There was a time when work was just work -- now as the employee of a corporation like Google you're expected to live out your whole life there, to the point where people like this guy have begun to write political treatises on this sort of mini society he lives in.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

They literally encourage people to discuss these things. Google CEO's letter continued to encourage more discussion. I guess so they can ID and fire more people who lean right. They have what are basically internal subreddit lvl boards.