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Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics

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Re: Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics

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Rule #2: If the customer is...

Personally if my customer was using my services to figure out the optimal time to kill someone in a way that also kills their family, and my employees were collectively protesting that, I would just decline their money.

Fortunately this is not the case here.

Re: Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics

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> Google says that each worker it fired actively disrupted its offices, while the workers dispute the claims, saying some of those fired did not even enter the company’s office on the day of coordinated demonstrations against the company.

Isn't this a pretty critical point that the Washington Post should have looked into a bit more?

Re: Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics

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James Damore was fired from Google[0] when he went out of his way to ensure his politics were to be kept private. What on earth did these people think would happen if they didn't attempt to keep their politics private?

[0]https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/7/16111052/google-james-damo...

Re: Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics

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Good. You're there to work. It also feels uniquely selfish. "I love the money but I still want to protest!" If you feel so strongly then quit but that would require sacrifice.

If your goal is to change the companies behavior, then protesting and getting fired and getting a WaPo story is more effective than resigning in protest.

Re: Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics

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Sure, if all it takes is raising a rainbow flag on top of the building and some words of the CEO they are all for it. But as soon as Google's bottom line is involved they behave pretty predictable.

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Re: Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics

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Good. You're there to work. It also feels uniquely selfish. "I love the money but I still want to protest!" If you feel so strongly then quit but that would require sacrifice.

Do you think companies listen to and take on board feedback from exit interviews?

Re: Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics

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Sounds like the union is not strong enough. 50 workers being fired should be enough for everyone else to be like wtf.

Why should 50 workers not be fired for disrupting the workplace to push a political agenda?
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