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Re:Google Chief Apologizes for A.I. Researcher’s Dismissal by vfclists on Thursday December 10, 2020 @01:13AM (#25370390)
Did she "threaten to resign"? "Threatening to resign" implies that you believe you are so critical to the company that the company will suffer in your absence.

There is nothing in the email to suggest that. Disagreeing with company policy doesn't mean that she was not a diligent worker doing the tasks she had been assigned to in good faith.

So far Google hasn't stated the thing she did exactly that led her to being fired, ie the actionable thing she did that would have to be produced if she took it to a tribunal or to court?

Re:Google Chief Apologizes for A.I. Researcher’s Dismissal by worker767424 on Thursday December 10, 2020 @06:28PM (#25380204)
> Did she "threaten to resign"?

Yes. Her words, emphasis added, but probably not the exact words in the email she sent:

> I said here are the conditions. If you can meet them great I’ll take my name off this paper, if not then I can work on a last date. Then she sent an email to my direct reports saying she has accepted my resignation. So that is google for you folks. You saw it happen right here.

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