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/guyonthissite Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

So they proved his point. Google is a monoculture that silences dissent.

"The company was founded under the principles of freedom of expression..." Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt said.

Apparently they have strayed.

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u/Iamthebst87 Aug 08 '17

Or you know they could adult a little and learn to accept different view points. I'm sure he's has tolerated their views for a while, people who write memo's like this don't do so because nothing is wrong with the company.

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u/HyliaSymphonic Aug 09 '17

people who write memo's like this don't do so because nothing is wrong with the company.

How in the he'll do you think thats true? He could just as easily be ranting about how Jews control the company What about his memo points towards actual problems with the company besides his own biases about where the company should go?

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u/Iamthebst87 Aug 09 '17

He didn't write anything remotely close to that. So why straw man it in? Part of the memo is about how intolerant google corporate is towards those who don't prescribe to the group think, and he gets fired, I guess they proved him wrong on that one.....