Google engineer fired over anti-diversity memo files labor complaint

Re:Google engineer fired over anti-diversity memo files labo... by return0 on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @08:48AM (#14968088)

Wasn't that his plan from the start? He probably played it well, apart from the fact that maybe he shouldn't have circulated his concerns using the company's internal tools, he could have written a blog post.

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Re:Google engineer fired over anti-diversity memo files labo... by coldtea on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @08:51AM (#14968117)

>Wasn't that his plan from the start?

No, his "plan" was to have a discussion.

>He probably played it well

So, not only assuming ulterior motives, but taking them for certain too...

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Re:Google engineer fired over anti-diversity memo files labo... by lazyjones on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @08:56AM (#14968181)

> No, his "plan" was to have a discussion.

Well, he is an excellent Chess player @ 2300 ELO. He might have had a complex plan. Which might just have been to put up the memo while Google was being investigated, not necessarily to benefit from getting fired.

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Re:Google engineer fired over anti-diversity memo files labo... by return0 on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @09:01AM (#14968257)

That could be the case. He certainly is a smart person and would have known that this was bound to be the course of things.

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Re:Google engineer fired over anti-diversity memo files labo... by dunkelheit on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @08:52AM (#14968139)

How can we know for sure?

Besides that, is suing google a sure thing? I bet they have the best lawyers.

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Re:Google engineer fired over anti-diversity memo files labo... by subinsebastien on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @08:51AM (#14968119)

How and why did he plan such a thing?

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