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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by api on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:24PM (#14953799)
In many companies any form of out of line crosstalk can get you fired regardless of it's truth.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by weberc2 on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:34PM (#14953898)
Maybe, but it doesn't mean we should promote it. Half of these comments are positively jubilant about the whistleblower's termination.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by api on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:11AM (#14954176)
Would you want employees sending out chain letters implying other employees should not be there? I would fire them on the spot. No "SJW" conspiracy need be applied. That's just unprofessional and out of line.

Employees are free to say whatever they want on a personal blog on their own time.

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by weberc2 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:16AM (#14954208)
You don't fix a problem by firing the guy who reports it. It's hardly an SJW conspiracy, pretty much every company in the industry has some variation of the practices he outlines...
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by JKCalhoun on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:28AM (#14955002)
From the New York Times:

"Before being fired, Mr. Damore said, he had submitted a complaint to the National Labor Relations Board claiming that Google’s upper management was 'misrepresenting and shaming me in order to silence my complaints.' He added that it was 'illegal to retaliate' against an N.L.R.B. charge."

Maybe this is why he was fired? It sounds like he was becoming pro-actively hostile toward Google. And there may be more than we outsiders know going on.

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