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Re:Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation by Jasper_ on Monday April 22, 2019 @02:05PM (#19721124)
When you run a multi-billion dollar company, you need to know why you do 90% of what you do. If you don't, you can talk about it with people called "lawyers" who can tell you whether it's a good idea or a bad one before you do it.

They demoted two employees who were highly performing, weren't told otherwise, but coincidentally highly instrumental in organizing and staging protests. Doesn't take a genius to figure out why they were forcibly transferred.

Re:Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation by throwawaysea on Monday April 22, 2019 @03:29PM (#19722025)
> Doesn't take a genius to figure out why they were forcibly transferred.

This doesn't meet the standards for burden of proof.

Re:Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation by azernik on Monday April 22, 2019 @03:38PM (#19722097)
As lmkg mentioned at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19721225 - the burden of proof in civil cases is "preponderance of the evidence". This kind of information can easily clear the bar.