Re:Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O
by skybrian on Friday August 11, 2017 @12:42PM
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It was in Google Docs. When the internal storm started, he could have easily shut down permissions, buying time to figure out what to do. (It's happened before when a doc becomes controversial.)
Whether you think it should have been controversial doesn't change what you do when something goes viral; the first thing is to stop the damage.
But since then, there's some evidence that he wanted the controversy - look where he's giving interviews now.
Re:Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O
by yoz-y on Friday August 11, 2017 @12:01PM
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One thing I do not get is why was the (original) memo written in "Google's voice" rather than stated as a personal point of view. Who, except maybe Sundar Pichai and the head of HR, has a right to talk for the company as a whole?
Re:Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O
by vanattab on Friday August 11, 2017 @12:31PM
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I don't think it was written in Google's voice. It was written in the voice of a young likely somewhat autistic engineer talking to his colleagues on an message board designed for discussing the topic of his memo. Then the media/Pichai sacrificed him on the alter of political correctness/profit.
Re:Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O
by peoplewindow on Friday August 11, 2017 @12:20PM
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What makes you think it was?
Re:Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O
by AnimalMuppet on Friday August 11, 2017 @12:33PM
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For an internal discussion? Someone who sees a pattern and can put a summary on it. It's just saying "This is how things seem to me to go here".
The person who posted their thoughts did so in a _closed_ mailing list that was intentionally setup to discuss all this. The document was leaked. At best, he deserved a reprimand. Firing him makes it clear that there is no room for alternate thoughts in Google other than the ultra-progressive view point.