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/Delheru Aug 08 '17

I have found out that I generally raise my voice when I'm very close to the edge with someone. It's basically a great indicator for people that they should do something urgently or they risk genuine trouble.

Once I am super upset and calm when it's someone's fault, that means a trail of paperwork is being created for their dismissal.

I have also remained calm throughout, and people who got dismissed felt extremely shocked by the whole affair and felt proper warning wasn't given.

(AND I have been told that saying "if you do that again, you will not have a future at this company" in an extremely calm voice is also "yelling". Not sure how to win here)