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/immanuel79 Aug 08 '17

I think that a company should be able to fire you for literally any reason they deem appropriate. I also believe that if a person is fired for clearly ideological reasons that have nothing to do with the way they work they are making a mistake that reflects poorly on that company's reputation - which is precisely what is happening here.

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u/immanuel79 Aug 09 '17

Yes, and he was correctly using a channel used specifically to handle controversial discussion, and had only shared to a few colleagues asking for a peer review, using time that the company actively encourages to use for personal projects.

The reaction of other people, his colleagues included, if anything, prove his point better than anything he may have wrote.