Google fires male engineer behind viral gender memo | Daily Mail Online
'However, portions of the memo violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace. '
'Part of building an open, inclusive environment means fostering a culture in which those with alternative views, including different political views, feel safe sharing their opinions. '
'The engineer faced a barrage of outraged complaints on Twitter after his memo was published online. ', "Software engineer James Damore was terminated by the company on Monday for violating the company's code of conduct.", "But I firmly believe Google is doing the right thing, and that's why I took this job."
[–] cyclops1771 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
As usual, the press gets it wrong. He didn't say that "women are biologically less likely to succeed in tech." He stated that DUE TO BIOLOGICAL REASONS, the pool of women to men is lower who are geared towards tech. Therefore, since it is a smaller pool than the whole, the ones geared for success are a smaller % than the whole (20% rather than 50%, for example.)
Anyone who actually read that thing all the way through, with an open mind, and not pre-conditioned to go batshit crazy (neurotic? ha!) based on buzzwords, would see that it was a reasonable argument, even if it may have been wrong. He even said that more women in tech is better, but just didn't like using discrimination to do it. (Did not argue the efficacy of the argument, just the manner in which it was being enforced.) He even provided other ways, besides direct discrimination vs males, to improve the job, job prospects, and job satisfaction of women at Google.