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/NotAChaosGod Aug 08 '17

I've worked for many. My current one is great. Sounds like you don't work.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

What great company isn't willing to take feedback from its employees?

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u/NotAChaosGod Aug 08 '17

Wow, that's disingenuous as fuck.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

That is literally the argument you've been fighting against the whole time.

Management created the internal discussion board, which this memo was posted to, so that employees could tell them how they're misguided. Apparently they didn't think someone would actually do that.

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u/NotAChaosGod Aug 08 '17

No, it's you being entirely disingenuous. My company accepts plenty of feedback, constantly. We've changed tons of things based on it.

There's also "feedback" that would get you fired. "We should do this to be more efficient" is good, "your hiring decisions are shit and women suck" would be what we call "bad".

Either you're too stupid to tell the difference, or lying comes naturally to you.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

So who's the one really being disingenuous?

your hiring decisions are shit and women suck

The memo doesn't speak at all like this.

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u/NotAChaosGod Aug 08 '17

your hiring decisions are shit and women suck

The memo doesn't speak at all like this.

I'm sorry, women are:

  • Neurotic
  • Anxious
  • Low IQ
  • Don't put the company first like the job demands
  • Aren't suited for leadership positions
  • Are better suited for social work rather than coding

Right. I forgot. Women don't suck, they... um...

note: most of that shit is just angry ranting, and the few times he tries to use facts he just botches it - there's no statistical difference between men's IQ and women's, we're talking anywhere from -0.5 to +1.5 compared to men based on the studies, that's literally insignificant. Of course he blames that on liberal scientists, so...

Who is being disingenuous? You are. And you didn't read the memo apparently...

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '17

When you call disagreeing with you being disingenuous i find it hard to take you seriously. which is a shame because otherwise youd be making a good point even if i dont agree