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Re:Why I Was Fired by Google by dguaraglia on Friday August 11, 2017 @04:58PM (#14994215)
A monumental failure of PR would've been Google getting sued for gender discrimination if this guy was ever put in charge of a mixed-gender team and someone in the team thought they were being put at a disadvantage.

This guy clearly wanted to stir controversy, that's why the memo kept doing the rounds (he says he submitted it to several diversity groups inside of google himself.) I doubt he would've put up with having a "sensible discussion" with Google HR and let it go.

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Re:Why I Was Fired by Google by throwaway12124 on Friday August 11, 2017 @05:20PM (#14994412)
Google could easily have blacklisted him from any future management positions. This would have been essentially cost-free to them.
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Re:Why I Was Fired by Google by unityByFreedom on Friday August 11, 2017 @10:04PM (#14995957)
And employee evaluations? Everyone takes part in those.
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Re:Why I Was Fired by Google by throwaway12124 on Friday August 11, 2017 @11:20PM (#14996271)
Sure. Again, costs nothing.
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Re:Why I Was Fired by Google by unityByFreedom on Saturday August 12, 2017 @12:39PM (#14998605)
Hmm, I have a different understanding of "costs nothing" and what is "easy" in this context.

It would've been a lot of work for HR to deal with this internally.

As it is, it is also a lot of work for them to deal with anyway.

In the long run, it's anyone's guess. Companies set and enforce their values how they please.

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Re:Why I Was Fired by Google by dguaraglia on Saturday August 12, 2017 @11:10PM (#15001292)
Have you ever worked at Google? No? Then maybe you shouldn't give your opinion on how much it could've costed for HR to cover this fuck up. Just my 2c.
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