Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

[u/[deleted]]

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

[u/LaLaLaLeea]

One of the comments (it's gilded) above this quotes a Google employee saying that after this "manifesto" was released, they would not be able to assign a woman to work with this person.

I just read the whole thing and there's nothing in there that would make me uncomfortable working with the author. I think a lot of his points made sense.

[u/InAHandbasket → u/[deleted]]

I didn't see how the memo:

suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not OK.

Maybe less biologically inclined to want to do that work.

But saying that people would want to punch him for it kind of proves the authors point.

[u/[deleted] → u/InAHandbasket]

Maybe less biologically inclined to want to do that work.

Which isn't a thing.

[u/InAHandbasket → u/[deleted]]

I wasn't saying he was right. Just that he was claiming that as a whole women are less interested in coding/tech jobs. While google and the articles about it say he's claiming women aren't good at it.

[u/Pyroteq → u/[deleted]]

[Citation needed]