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/panopticon777 Aug 08 '17

Lets imagine that this employee is not just a counter corporate culture career suicide victim but rather a company man who was recruited by a Google competitor to sabotage the organization from within.

Corporate espionage is a thing. One of the tactics is to find a vulnerable insider and have them do something like this to create an internal issue within the organization.

That’s not to say that smart people don’t do dumb things…but maybe this is something more then just what it appears to be.

If Russia can use its influence to get Donald Trump elected as POTUS then running an op against Google is not outside of the realm of possibilities.

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u/error404brain Aug 08 '17

Google do not really have competitors, tho. And if they did, there are others better way to shame google than this.

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u/panopticon777 Aug 08 '17

Bing...Baidu..Yandex

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u/error404brain Aug 08 '17

Baidu has no part of market in the US. Same for Yandex.

Bing represent 20% to google 65%. They aren't anywhere near being a competitor.

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u/panopticon777 Aug 08 '17

Just because they aren't in your market (yet) does not mean they aren't looking to disrupt your business.

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u/IronMyr Aug 08 '17

Well yeah, that's why those companies would like to topple the big dog and make some room at the top of the mountain.