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"Don't be evil."
Google has done a lot of less than good things recently. This is honestly probably the first thing I’d classify as evil with no nuance. The only possible way I’d think this is justified is if Google would have to file bankruptcy if they didn’t do this.
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Business is not your friend, it's not your family. The only goal of business is to make profit. If they can make something good along the way - great, but don't expect them to do it. At this scale it seems very hard to make good decisions. It looks like a lot of companies overestimated their long term needs. Also, they might have hired those employees to prevent competition from hiring them,and it might have been a g…
> Business is not your friend, it's not your family. The only goal of business is to make profit. If they can make something good along the way - great, but don't expect them to do it. Yep, this is what the robber baron capitalists of the USA also used to believe - profit at the expense of human life. You are simply proving the point here that the only way to win is civil dis-obedience. Boycott, blockade, unionize an…
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@procinct posted a definition that disagrees with you. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20parent This seems to be a problem with these new "woke" words or however you'd like to describe them. They seem unnatural and sudden which is why everyone is confused.
From that link: “ the natural father or mother of a child who has been adopted” How does that disagree with me?
Or is it being used wrong?
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That’s a term for the natural mother of a child who is later adopted. You could also consider surrogacy. There are many ways families are constructed.
@procinct posted a definition that disagrees with you. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20parent This seems to be a problem with these new "woke" words or however you'd like to describe them. They seem unnatural and sudden which is why everyone is confused.
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Biological parents already described that.
Yes, they are generally synonyms. It’s not a new term.
"who has been adopted"
> It's not a new term
I see, it's somewhat new to me, when did the term come to popular usage? When was it "invented"?
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> Business is not your friend, it's not your family. The only goal of business is to make profit. If they can make something good along the way - great, but don't expect them to do it. Yep, this is what the robber baron capitalists of the USA also used to believe - profit at the expense of human life. You are simply proving the point here that the only way to win is civil dis-obedience. Boycott, blockade, unionize an…
Comments like yours is why I'm afraid to hire anyone to begin with. The moment I do I'm automatically an enemy.
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What? Fathers are also birth parents. As opposed to step parents or adoptive parents. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20parent
Biological parents already described that.
Adopted, so kind of forced to be aware of things like that.
Why should Google pay maternity leave for laid off workers? They are no longer employees once they're laid off. At the very most they deserve a severence.
G attracted workers by offering this baby bonding leave and increased it recently from 12 weeks to 18 weeks. Even amazon is letting people on leave finish it before their severance starts according to the article. This whole layoff round at G looks extremely rushed and someone probably didn't think through all the edge cases, such as people already on leave. For 20 years, G's main advantage was top of market perks an…