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    Google entlässt weitere Mitarbeiter, nachdem der CEO sagt, der Arbeitsplatz sei nichts für die Politik


    Google entlässt weitere Mitarbeiter, nachdem der CEO sagt, der Arbeitsplatz sei nichts für die Politik

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/22/google-nimbus-israel-protest-fired-workers/

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    2. SquareD8854 on

      everything is politics! and google promotes the hell out of it and makes billions from it!

    5. vanishing_point on

      Google to employees: “So now we understand each other. Or at least *YOU* understand *ME*, and that’s the important thing.”

    6. arehumansok on

      Hear me out: fuck this guy. Genocide is “politics” but endless wealth isn’t.

      So close to the cliff.

    8. way2lazy2care on

      It’s easy to criticize, but he was right. It’s pretty much a recipe for hostile workplace lawsuits.

    9. jvite1 on

      Archived: https://archive.is/I4Rwh

      > Google says that each worker it fired actively disrupted its offices

      All in, it’s 50 people who have been fired out of a workforce of about ~150,000 employees

    11. not_creative1 on

      Google encouraged employees to make working for Google their entire personalities. It’s like they were dating their employer.

      Now most employees are realising Google is just another company. It’s just a job. To pay your bills. Don’t emotionally get invested into your company.

    12. emote_control on

      Capitalism is literally politics, so get it out of the workplace.

    14. _Steve_Zissou_ on

      Good for Google.

      If you are going to act like spoiled children, you are going to be treated as such.

    15. Independent_Pear_429 on

      The workplace is the perfect place for politics. That’s where you can have the most change

    16. TheLunarRaptor on

      If the workplace isn’t for politics, then stop donating to politicians and hiring lobbyists.

    17. SidJag on

      Cue Curb music

      Also, can we not post WaPo links when it’s (a) behind paywall (b) going to flood 80%+ of your screen with subscription offers the instant the page loads

    18. sassynapoleon on

      This is tricky. I’d generally say keep politics out of the workplace to everyone’s benefit. But I’m assuming that we are talking about personal politics. In this case what we are talking about here isn’t really politics, it’s business. Google has decided what state entities it will do business at a company level. If I get up and publicly call my company’s executives evil and disrupt its operations, I’d expect to be fired too. But perhaps if you feel strongly enough that Google not do business with the IDF that you’re willing to be fired for speaking out against it, then doing so is a reasonable tactic. It has a small chance that the executives change company policy due to internal opinions, and if you end up fired, maybe you didn’t want to work for a company that misaligned with your values.

    19. shadowromantic on

      Corporations are inherently political. That said, corporations are pretty evil and have every right to fire people 

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