Seems a bit much to me. When the Soviets put undesirables and political prisoners into gulags they didn't give them fabulous salaries and incredible perks.

I think the intent is for it to be over the top. Poking fun at something with excessive force with a catchy name works really well for branding. Works right in the meme culture.

It's utterly ridiculous to compare Google to a "gulag" and just shows how disconnected from reality this guy is. You might enjoy this short piece https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/10/16127968/fired-google-eng...

Is this what we've come to? Willfully failing to acknowledge obvious hyperbole?

And for what purpose? To score cheap political points? Defame the opposition? Drive clicks to hot takes on a low rent blog?

That article contains no direct quotes.