Google shoots itself in the foot

Good day all. For the past week, there has been a number of stories regarding an internal memo at Google that basically blasted their “Diversity” programs. The memo became public about a week ago, and Google to instant action.

They fired the author of the memo citing his refusal to to the Social Justice Warrior line. The excuse that Google used was right out of H.G. Wells’s 1984. The termination of the author of the memo is blowing up in Google’s face, and has probably opened them up to massive legal jeopardy. Here are some of the details from Bloomberg Technology:

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.” He said he’s “currently exploring all possible legal remedies.”

And Mr. Damore has a whole truck load of legal remedies too.

The imbroglio at Google is the latest in a long string of incidents concerning gender bias and diversity in the tech enclave. Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick lost his job in June amid scandals over sexual harassment, discrimination and an aggressive culture. Ellen Pao’s gender-discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2015 also brought the issue to light, and more women are speaking up to say they’ve been sidelined in the male-dominated industry, especially in engineering roles.

I can’t honestly comment on any of those since I don’t know all that much about them. In some cases, it seemed to me that certain people may have been going for some sort of payday and played the discrimination card. However, this one is rather…different.

Earlier on Monday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent a note to employees that said portions of the 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. A Google representative, asked about the dismissal, referred to Pichai’s memo.

Oh he did. You know this came down from on high. Now, what did the memo actually say? Surprising no one, he went after Google’s antipathy to conservatives.

Damore’s 10-page memorandum accused Google of silencing conservative political opinions and argued that biological differences play a role in the shortage of women in tech and leadership positions. It circulated widely inside the company and became public over the weekend, causing a furor that amplified the pressure on Google executives to take a more definitive stand.

And the stand they took? Well, it’s about what you would expect from a bunch of Totalitarian Proglodyte Social Justice Warriors. First they denigrated him then they fired him.

After the controversy swelled, Danielle Brown, Google’s new vice president for diversity, integrity and governance, sent a statement to staff condemning Damore’s views and reaffirmed the company’s stance on diversity.

In other words, “How dare this Neanderthal dare to question the correct views we expose!!”

In internal discussion boards, multiple employees said they supported firing the author, and some said they would not choose to work with him, according to postings viewed by Bloomberg News.

Because their pwecious feewings were hurt.

“We are unequivocal in our belief that diversity and inclusion are critical to our success as a company,” Brown said in the statement. “We’ll continue to stand for that and be committed to it for the long haul.”

Following the memo’s publication, multiple executives shared an article from a senior engineer who recently left the company, Yonatan Zunger. In the blog post, Zunger said that based on the context of the memo, he determined that he would “not in good conscience” assign any employees to work with its author.

“You have just created a textbook hostile workplace environment,” he wrote. He also said in a email, “Could you imagine having to work with someone who had just publicly questioned your basic competency to do your job?”

In her initial response to the memo, Brown, who joined from Intel Corp. in June, suggested that Google was open to all hosting “difficult political views,” including those in the memo.

However, she left open the possibility that Google could penalize the engineer for violating company policies. “But that discourse needs to work alongside the principles of equal employment found in our Code of Conduct, policies, and anti-discrimination laws,” she wrote.

And therein lies the problem. The memo, which I will state, I have NOT seen yet, is covered under a lot of federal and state laws. It’s looking a lot like Google is the one who is violating anti-discrimination laws.

Now, just what legal actions could Mr. Damore seek? Well, it looks like he has a few, according to Breitbart:

Damore has also revealed that he “submitted a charge to the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) accusing Google upper management of trying to shame him into silence,” shortly before being fired, according to CNBC.

“It’s illegal to retaliate against an NLRB charge,” Damore reportedly explained in an email.

If this pans out, Google is in an even bigger world of hurt. Heading over to the CNBC article:

James Damore, the engineer who wrote the memo, confirmed his dismissal, saying in an email to Reuters on Monday that he had been fired for “perpetuating gender stereotypes.”

Did they really use that as an excuse?

Damore was fired from Google after a manifesto which explained why there aren’t more women in tech jobs and called for more ideological diversity in Google’s workplace went viral online.

Wait, he called for more “Ideological diversity” at Google? Well no wonder he was fired! He dared to think impure political thoughts!

In a memo, the company claimed Damore had advanced “harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace,” despite the fact that numerous psychologists, male and female, deemed the manifesto to be scientifically accurate.

Scientifically accurate means nothing when it comes to the Gods of Diversity. For the Proglodytes, it will always be “Diversity Uber Alles! Sieg Heil!” With liberals, facts mean nothing. It will always be socialism and totalitarianism, and Google has just demonstrated that the ideals of America have to be destroyed at all costs.

Well, I think it’s going to cost Google, or Goolag as I’m starting to see on the internet, big time. Goolag has really shot itself in the foot, and as more information is coming out on just how badly anyone who has the slightest centerist or conservative views is being denigrated, threatened and retaliated against.

Now, with all this, the DoJ might just decide the time has come to start looking into Goolag’s employee practices and how poorly they protect anyone who disagrees with the politics of the management. Then there are the anti-trust issues people have been discussing, not to mention Goolag’s business practices. They’ve already gotten the European Union pissed off at them, now they’re getting America pissed at them too.

Thatisall

~The Angry Webmaster~

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