The inherent problem with Googlers defending Google, beyond the obvious conflict of interest of expressing views about the company that writes your paycheck, is that Googlers expect us to trust them that the internal info they can't share isn't suspect.

If you can't share what's actually going on internally, you shouldn't be defending it. Let the case happen, with any luck these internal presentations, policies, and memos will end up in the public record, and we'll all be able to see what's really going on.

But no, I don't really expect any Google employee to engage with me on a matter that will almost certainly cost them their job to do so. As the article alleges, I strongly suspect publishing Google's internal training about confidentiality would eventually lead to someone's termination, even if it was described as being for another reason.