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Muffinz0rz
11/01/18 1:20:48 PM
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https://www.npr.org/2018/11/01/662851489/google-employees-plan-global-walkout-to-protest-companys-treatment-of-women

Google employees worldwide are walking off the job to protest the company's treatment of women and its handling of sexual assault cases.

Organizers say they expect more than a thousand employees will walk out of Google offices worldwide at 11:10 a.m. in each time zone on Thursday. Hundreds of employees have walked out in Singapore, Zurich, London, Dublin, and New York City, filling nearby streets, sidewalks and parks.

"We've always been told that Google is a leading-edge company, that our culture is something really special. And in that way we totally have the space to walk out and do this today," Claire Stapleton, a New York-based marketing manager for YouTube and one of the walkout's core organizers. "But we also see some very real changes that need to happen."

She said the walkout isn't just about women, but also people of color, contractors, and others at the company who have experienced "feeling diminished or disrespected, have experienced feeling unsafe."

Organizers are calling for an end to forced arbitration, a commitment from the company to end pay and opportunity inequity, a publicly disclosed sexual harassment transparency report, and a safe and anonymous process for reporting sexual misconduct at Google.

The employee protest comes a week after The New York Times published an extensive report on sexual harassment at the company. Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android software operating system, was accused by a female colleague of coercing her to perform oral sex on him in 2013, the Times reports.

Google reportedly found the allegation credible, asked for his resignation and gave him an exit package worth $90 million.

The company did not mention the allegations in the announcement of his departure.

Rubin has tweeted, "These false allegations are part of a smear campaign."

"As Google workers, we were disgusted by the details of the recent New York Times article, which provided the latest example of a culture of complicity, dismissiveness, and support for perpetrators in the face of sexual harassment, misconduct, and abuse of power," organizers told NPR in an emailed statement.

"For every story in the New York Times, there are thousands more, at every level of the company. Most have not been told."

Since the Times report, the company's leadership is dealing with an agitated workforce, according to multiple reports.

"While Google has championed the language of diversity and inclusion, substantive actions to address systemic racism, increase equity, and stop sexual harassment have been few and far between," organizers say.

Some demands relate directly to Google's workforce gender makeup: Only 31 percent of its global workforce and just over a quarter of its executives are women.

Last year, the federal government sued Google, a government contractor, to release compensation data in order to ensure the company was obeying equal opportunity laws.

Others relate to the company's treatment of sexual harassment. Currently, the company requires employees to waive their right to sue in cases of sexual harassment and often includes confidentiality agreements, the Times reports.

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Muffinz0rz
11/01/18 1:20:51 PM
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Organizers are also asking for "a clear, uniform, globally inclusive process for reporting sexual misconduct safely and anonymously."

They have also asked that the company's chief diversity officer answer directly to the CEO and make recommendations directly to the Board of Directors and that the company add an employee representative to the board.

"This is part of a growing movement, not just in tech, but across the country, including teachers, fast food workers, and others who are using their strength in numbers to make real change," organizers said.

Employees who walk out will display a poster on their desk that reads, "Hi. I'm not at my desk because I'm walking out in solidarity with other Googlers and contractors to protest sexual harassment, misconduct, lack of transparency, and a workplace culture that's not working for everyone. I'll be back at my desk later."

Stapleton, one of the walkout's organizers in New York, said she is hopeful that Google can change its culture. She said the past week had actually restored her faith in the company, as she worked together with colleagues on a wide spectrum of issues.

"We have tremendous allies," she said. "I mean, we immediately took the name 'women' out of the walkout because we had so much support from men. And we wanted this to feel really inclusive, and for this to be about a bigger thing than one executive payout."

"I think if change can happen anywhere I hope it's here," she said. "But we'll see."

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hotcegaI
11/01/18 1:23:23 PM
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Lol how to get yourself fired
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Zack_Attackv1
11/01/18 1:26:28 PM
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lol, they all prolly work in the mailroom.
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voldothegr8
11/01/18 1:28:44 PM
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Muffinz0rz posted...
Organizers say they expect more than a thousand employees will walk out of Google offices worldwide at 11:10 a.m. in each time zone on Thursday.

Cool, 1000 positions at Google are about to open up!
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eggcorn
11/01/18 1:29:48 PM
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Zack_Attackv1 posted...
lol, they all prolly work in the mailroom.

I doubt it. People that work in those departments usually keep their heads down and are just grateful to have a job.
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DarkRoast
11/01/18 1:31:22 PM
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OMG be sure to put this on Instagram, I want everyone to know my virtue!
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CyricZ
11/01/18 1:32:08 PM
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a safe and anonymous process for reporting sexual misconduct at Google

How could Google not actually have this. My supermarket I worked at had this.
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DarkRoast
11/01/18 1:33:54 PM
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CyricZ posted...
a safe and anonymous process for reporting sexual misconduct at Google

How could Google not actually have this. My supermarket I worked at had this.


My guess is they do but it's not actually viewed as safe and anonymous.

Which in my experience is sadly the case for a lot of workplaces.
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Antifar
11/01/18 1:34:38 PM
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Solidarity with them
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hotcegaI
11/01/18 1:34:56 PM
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CyricZ posted...
a safe and anonymous process for reporting sexual misconduct at Google

How could Google not actually have this. My supermarket I worked at had this.

Because Google is a Conservative business model
The garbage about them doing good is just that pr garbage

They only care about profits. Same reason they give sites free captcha. Its just to train their own ai
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username191
11/01/18 1:37:55 PM
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Others relate to the company's treatment of sexual harassment. Currently, the company requires employees to waive their right to sue in cases of sexual harassment and often includes confidentiality agreements, the Times reports.


That sounds pretty shady. It's so bad there that they have to cover it up?
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Bio1590
11/01/18 1:38:38 PM
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DarkRoast posted...
CyricZ posted...
a safe and anonymous process for reporting sexual misconduct at Google

How could Google not actually have this. My supermarket I worked at had this.


My guess is they do but it's not actually viewed as safe and anonymous.

Which in my experience is sadly the case for a lot of workplaces.

The bare minimum should be that your company has an independent third-party handle that.
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/01/18 1:40:06 PM
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There are some good women working at Google with many of the in public facing jobs like PR, marketing and product.

However this walkout is a bunch of nonsense. They treat women as well as any company in Silicon Valley. Rubin got a package because he is the creator of Android, not because he's rewarded for his behavior.

And what is this "coercing her to perform oral sex on him" about? She is an adult and can make adult decisions. If she didn't want to, she didn't have to. There doesn't seem to be any misconduct, just an uncomfortable situation that sexual relationships can develop in the workplace, and magnify in the age of MeToo.

This doesn't look like a sexual misconduct walkout and more like a list of demands, such as paying less qualified people the same amount of more qualified people.
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Tyranthraxus
11/01/18 1:41:08 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
DarkRoast posted...
CyricZ posted...
a safe and anonymous process for reporting sexual misconduct at Google

How could Google not actually have this. My supermarket I worked at had this.


My guess is they do but it's not actually viewed as safe and anonymous.

Which in my experience is sadly the case for a lot of workplaces.

The bare minimum should be that your company has an independent third-party handle that.

We actually just recently at my company (<200 employees) got an anonymous hotline for this kind of stuff. Before you could do it through a neutral 3rd party--just not anonymously.
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CyricZ
11/01/18 1:42:48 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...

Yo champ you ticked all the boxes except about the one about trying to distract voters from voting Republican in the midterms.
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Bio1590
11/01/18 1:42:58 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/01/18 1:43:49 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Weeeeeeeeeeeew lad


What are you, 13 years old? That's what you sound like.
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Bio1590
11/01/18 1:47:37 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Bio1590 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Weeeeeeeeeeeew lad


What are you, 13 years old? That's what you sound like.

Yes I'm a 13-year old with a 15-year old account with 11.8 years worth of karma.
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/01/18 5:21:35 PM
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Here's something from an article I will not link to that is incredibly troublesome:

"...revealed Google had given Android co-creator Andy Rubin a $90 million exit package despite multiple relationships with other Google staffers and credible accusations of sexual misconduct made against him."

What kind of world do we live in that people can no longer have relationships in the workplace? When did this become some of kind of sin?
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Bio1590
11/01/18 5:27:14 PM
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I like how you ignored the rest of the sentence after what you bolded.
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/01/18 5:34:50 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
I like how you ignored the rest of the sentence after what you bolded.


You mean the part about him coercing an adult women (who agree to meet him in a hotel room of all places) who can make adult decisions to give him oral sex? Are liberals done treating women like they're children?
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Bio1590
11/01/18 5:37:07 PM
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Nah the part where it says "credible accusations of sexual misconduct".
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/01/18 5:37:55 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
Nah the part where it says "credible accusations of sexual misconduct".


Well, I just gave you the details of the supposed sexual misconduct. You're welcome.
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Bio1590
11/01/18 5:42:15 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
supposed

the article clearly states they were found to be credible.
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hotcegaI
11/01/18 5:43:05 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
supposed

the article clearly states they were found to be credible.

Lol
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Bio1590
11/01/18 5:44:25 PM
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hotcegaI posted...
Bio1590 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
supposed

the article clearly states they were found to be credible.

Lol

Yeah there's not much you can do about users like him who consider women to be subhuman
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/01/18 5:45:49 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
hotcegaI posted...
Bio1590 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
supposed

the article clearly states they were found to be credible.

Lol

Yeah there's not much you can do about users like him who consider women to be subhuman


I treat women better than you ...because I've actually been with women.
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hotcegaI
11/01/18 5:46:30 PM
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I mean if you somehow go from he thinks women are inferior because something sounds believable then we call that being gullible which ironically might not be in the dictionary
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iPhone_7
11/01/18 5:46:48 PM
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I knew Android was evil, smh
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ScazarMeltex
11/01/18 5:49:45 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
There are some good women working at Google with many of the in public facing jobs like PR, marketing and product.

However this walkout is a bunch of nonsense. They treat women as well as any company in Silicon Valley. Rubin got a package because he is the creator of Android, not because he's rewarded for his behavior.

And what is this "coercing her to perform oral sex on him" about? She is an adult and can make adult decisions. If she didn't want to, she didn't have to. There doesn't seem to be any misconduct, just an uncomfortable situation that sexual relationships can develop in the workplace, and magnify in the age of MeToo.

This doesn't look like a sexual misconduct walkout and more like a list of demands, such as paying less qualified people the same amount of more qualified people.

Blow me or your next performance review will be awful. That's how you coerce an adult. The threat of poverty is how you control people in our society.
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CyricZ
11/01/18 5:51:41 PM
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It's like people don't know what coercion means.
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ComfortablySad
11/01/18 5:53:53 PM
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"Giant companies employees leave work in protest over sexual harassment/misconduct accusations."

First two posts **** on the protesters. The world is f***ed.
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CyricZ
11/01/18 5:55:46 PM
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ComfortablySad posted...
First two posts **** on the protesters. The world is f***ed.

Just say the word "protest" and the conCErvatives spring out of the woodwork to call them lazy, paid-for, etc.
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GreatEvilEmpire
11/01/18 6:00:09 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
There are some good women working at Google with many of the in public facing jobs like PR, marketing and product.

However this walkout is a bunch of nonsense. They treat women as well as any company in Silicon Valley. Rubin got a package because he is the creator of Android, not because he's rewarded for his behavior.

And what is this "coercing her to perform oral sex on him" about? She is an adult and can make adult decisions. If she didn't want to, she didn't have to. There doesn't seem to be any misconduct, just an uncomfortable situation that sexual relationships can develop in the workplace, and magnify in the age of MeToo.

This doesn't look like a sexual misconduct walkout and more like a list of demands, such as paying less qualified people the same amount of more qualified people.

Blow me or your next performance review will be awful. That's how you coerce an adult. The threat of poverty is how you control people in our society.


This women had sex with him for a year. She was (one of) the other woman who Rubin saw behind his wife's back. Let's not pretend she didn't know what she was getting herself into.
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Bio1590
11/01/18 6:52:25 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Bio1590 posted...
hotcegaI posted...
Bio1590 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
supposed

the article clearly states they were found to be credible.

Lol

Yeah there's not much you can do about users like him who consider women to be subhuman


I treat women better than you ...because I've actually been with women.

Is this supposed to be some kind of actual defense when you have users here like Omega Hunter who claim to have a wife but also openly admit they believe women to be inferior?
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