Remember Google memo guy James Damore? Labor Relations Board just rejected his discrimination claim. Employees can express opinions and businesses have to ensure non-hostile workplaces. Damore's memo brought these into conflict. Therefore Google was within its rights to fire him.
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When the memo came out, I read it closely, and wrote an article evaluating it on its merits. And, though my article focused on analyzing Damore's arguments rather than evaluating his case, the LRB's interpretation strikes me as the most reasonable responsehttps://arcdigital.media/evaluating-the-google-gender-diversity-memo-on-the-merits-b73a86a5e6de …
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Scientifically, the memo's biggest flaw: it cites research showing small differences between men and women in general to justify large disparities in tech employment and leadership But Google recruits from a small subset, not the general population, so that research doesn't apply
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For me, the biggest reason to fire him was always the fact that he was obviously a jerk. And following that memo who in the world would ever want to work for him. Anybody who worked under him would be a threat of a constant lawsuit if they didn’t advance.
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Right. That's part of the hostile work environment problem. If you openly declare you think women are inherently inferior in the skills needed to succeed in tech, any time a woman you work with has a problem with you, she'll have good evidence for a lawsuit against the company.
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