Google Employees Explain How They Were Retaliated Against for Reporting Abuse

Re:Google Employees Explain How They Were Retaliated Against... by ExtremePopcorn on Monday September 23, 2019 @04:46PM (#21053430)

Don't be baffled! No one thinks this. Everyone has seen a variation of this comment a million times by now, and everyone knows it, but companies will never be able to admit it. It's all about putting stress on the lie. If a corp won't solve its issues and employees quit because of it, "well duh of course they're gonna protect stakeholders' interest" isn't really helpful or new.

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Re:Google Employees Explain How They Were Retaliated Against... by freetime2 on Monday September 23, 2019 @05:00PM (#21053583)

I think it's still good advice. The first thing big corporations do when you join is make you sit through a bunch of mandatory compliance videos that teach you that you're not allowed retaliate against people who report harassment or corruption. Then they make everyone sign an agreement to follow the code of conduct, which everyone does. I can certainly see how anyone who still any faith left in humanity could believe these claims to be true.

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Re:Google Employees Explain How They Were Retaliated Against... by tomnipotent on Monday September 23, 2019 @11:06PM (#21056120)

> No one thinks this

History and experience tells me the exact opposite - most folks still think HR is there for them, which is the root of many issues.

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Re:Google Employees Explain How They Were Retaliated Against... by krageon on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @09:29AM (#21059902)

If my colleagues are anything to go by, almost everyone thinks this.

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