Re:Google Culture War Escalates as Era of Transparency Wanes
by PeterisP on Friday December 13, 2019 @05:02PM
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Exit packages generally don't apply if you're fired for cause e.g. due to sexual harassment. They weren't properly fired, they were gently and silently "let out" - in some cases with negotiated settlements that added payouts which weren't in their original "exit package", possibly due to added non-competes and silence clauses.
Re:Google Culture War Escalates as Era of Transparency Wanes
by geebee on Friday December 13, 2019 @03:11PM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/technology/google-sexual-...
This article asserts that google shielded a lot of higher ups and paid large exit packages in spite of having no obligation to do so.
I need to read this more thoroughly and I’m not claiming it’s the only word on the topic.
Whatever the difference, I think there is a compelling case that google exercised discretion in shield execs who were credibly accused of harassment while making a big public display of throwing damore under the bus for expressing an opinion.
Re:Google Culture War Escalates as Era of Transparency Wanes
by godshatter on Friday December 13, 2019 @06:04PM
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Interesting read. I have no information that they actually had contractual requirements they had to meet, I was just putting it out there as a possible reason.
Re:Google Culture War Escalates as Era of Transparency Wanes
by perl4ever on Saturday December 14, 2019 @02:38AM
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"maybe it's hard to hire people at that level without them"
At that level, maybe everybody just assumes you can't hire people without that sort of thing, and they don't test whether it's true.
Should they have had such clauses written into their contracts? Maybe not, but maybe it's hard to hire people at that level without them.