What happened? Google fired someone for citing politically incorrect scientific facts in a memo trying to use those facts to guide making the workplace as welcoming to femanine personalities as it is to masculine. (Much of the tech industry certainly seems biased in that respect, currently.)

There’s a lot of propaganda out there; if you think a Damore said women were at all less competent than men, go read the actual memo complete with citations and graphs.

Obviously naming political incorrectness (in a context of good intentions) a fireable offense is going to have reverberations throughout the tech industry.

I wouldn’t doubt that Google has HR bias in the other political direction also.

I think what most people want is for more transparency and consistency on a company’s policies at least on precisely what is and isn’t permitted for employees to discuss.

The main problem with Damore is that he thought he could have an academic debate in a corporate setting.