Alphabet’s Chief Legal Officer Stepping Down Amid Investigation

Post by ocdtrekkie » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 8:54 PM UTC

ProAm wrote: post #47

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #29

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Both people knew it was wrong, but Larry and Sergey's best buddy got promoted to become one of the most powerful executives on the planet and paid hundreds of millions of dollars, and the woman got pushed out of her job and left to support their kid herself.

She was forced out because it was against company policy. She wasnt forced out of google, but to a different department. And she voluntarily quit google, she was never fired. It's a sad story, but it's just adults making their own decisions that don't work out. > so I quit Google, signing whatever documents they required because likewise, I wanted to protect him

Post by vkou » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 8:57 PM UTC

ProAm wrote: post #28

jakobegger wrote: post #13

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> After our son was born, I received a call from HR notifying me that one of us would have to leave the legal department where David was now Chief Legal Officer (...) This sounds like the worst possible policy I can think of. Get pregnant from your boss, and HR kicks you from the team! How does that help anyone?

They knew the relationship was against company policy from the get go, what did they think was going happen? Two people made a poor decision and have to live with the consequences? > aware that our relationship was in violation of Google’s new policy which went from “discouraging” direct-reporting-line relationships to outright banning them.

Post by onetimemanytime » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 8:59 PM UTC

unapologetic wrote: post #46

onetimemanytime wrote: post #36

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I did but I don't take her comments after the disappointment at face value. How dare a married, billionaire cheater not settle down with her but continue to sleep with other women? She was an adult that entered in a consenting relationship with a married man (I can guess why), she admitted so much. Google policy or not, is irrelevant since both sides knew the deal.

It's not irrelevant, it's a blatant abuse of power. This guy is clearly a pretty sick sort of predator. > How dare a married, billionaire cheater not settle down with her but continue to sleep with other women? He basically got her fired and then bailed on her and their son. He refused to pay child support despite being a millionaire and is basically in an abusive relationship with her still. It's disgusting. It's th…

Post by lawnchair_larry » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 8:59 PM UTC

throwaway490194 wrote: post #45

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #4

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He specifies that he was there over 20 years, prior to the company being incorporated, and only joined full-time in 2002. That being said: David Drummond is a terrible person[0], who only has been there this long because of Larry Page and Sergey Brin's protection, because they are terrible people too[1][2]. The way Google's highest executives have treated women is disgusting and inexcusable. And while Drummond may no…

Yes they are terrible people too. But "the way they have treated women"? ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS? The women who participated in these extra-marital affairs are every bit as evil!

Post by oh_sigh » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 9:01 PM UTC

hackinthebochs wrote: post #55

rdtsc wrote: post #41

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Oh wow. > David would go for months or even years at a time completely ignoring my pleas to see his son — not even so much as a text to us, despite living about a mile away. I can see not having the desire to be with her and break up the relationship, but abandoning his child and not seeing them for years at a time is downright evil. It's so strange to hear how Google touts itself to be at the forefront of inclusivit…

What is "evil" about not wanting to see a child that you presumably didn't want to begin with? A woman with an unwanted pregnancy can abort. Men don't have that option. But that doesn't obligate them to an emotional bond with the child.