Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

["DAVID FARBER" <dfarber () me com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: August 7, 2017 at 9:54:38 PM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
>
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> Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
>
> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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>      Alphabet Inc.'s Google has fired an employee who wrote an
>    internal memo blasting the web company's diversity policies,
>    creating a firestorm across Silicon Valley.  James Damore, the
>    Google engineer who wrote the note, confirmed his dismissal in
>    an email, saying that he had been fired for "perpetuating
>    gender stereotypes." A Google representative didn't
>    immediately return a request for comment.  Google's Chief
>    Executive Officer Sundar Pichai sent a note to employees on
>    Monday that said portions of the employee's memo "violate our
>    Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender
>    stereotypes in our workplace." But he didn't say if the
>    company was taking action against the employee.



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