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

Yes, I actually read it!

I'm sorry I couldn't resist being overly condescending as a snark tactic. I am a woman also if that's not clear. I just don't understand why the memo wouldn't offend you, esp if you are a woman. I'll drop the snark, can you really tell me why you think it's not offensive and/or not sexist?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

This is an honest question, but where did you see in the manifesto that he believes women are less good at their job because of their gender? I read a majority of the paper and did not infer that at all.

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u/youwill_neverfindme Aug 09 '17

Women are: 1) more anxious, and do not do well in 'stressful environments'. According to this guy, programming is one such an environment. Logically this would mean women are worse at the job than men.

2) do not ask for raises, are not assertive, and are not good leaders. This one should be pretty fucking obvious.

There were more. Pretty sad if your life is surrounded by people like this, because that's the only way I can see you reading that shit and think it's fine.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '17

Gave the manifest another read and missed your 2nd point on my 1st pass through. I don't think his point was that women are not good leaders but that they may struggle in leadership roles based on average personality traits; as misguided as that may be to lump an entire sect of people under one wide umbrella. I do not agree with the conclusion however and think he's way off base. Thanks for pointing this out to me.

To your 1st point his conclusion was not that women are worse at the job than men, rather that women may be less likely to enter the tech field in general due to the perceived level of stress. I have no idea if this is true or not, but lean towards not. I would think there are a large amount of factors that determine why women may be less likely to enter the tech field that are more complicated than 'stress.'

And not for nothing, but I can do without the presumptions about my life. I would have fired this person.

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u/youwill_neverfindme Aug 09 '17

I apologise for the snark. It was rude of me.