Discussion

• @rubinafillion Rubina Madan Fillion on x

  Every student should hear these words before they graduate: “No publicly traded company is a family.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  This (excellent) op-ed makes me think that 2010s tech culture is going to look very weird in hindsight — a bunch of smart people simultaneously forgetting that they worked for ruthless megacorps because there were foosball tables and froyo machines. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @amydiehl Amy Diehl, Ph.D. on x

  This happens too often. A person is harassed. They file a complaint. Instead of dealing with the harasser and removing them from the environment, the victim is offered counseling, leave, or to work from home. @eminietfeld https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @ihsanylmz Ihsan Yilmaz on x

  “As soon as my complaint with H.R. was filed, Google went from being a great workplace to being any other company: It would protect itself first.” After Working at Google, I'll Never Let Myself Love a Job Again https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @laraisuncool Lara Mendona on x

  This is brutal to read, and a brave account by @eminietfeld. This is also one of the reasons why minorities try to find jobs where they feel safe and listened to, instead of worrying about other things people think they should worry about first. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @sharonodea Sharon O'Dea on x

  A company may feel like family, but it's not. Know your worth. Leaving can be heartbreaking and empowering at the same time. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @drdadabhoy Dr. Ambereen Dadabhoy on x

  I want all of my @harveymudd students to read this. https://twitter.com/...

• @clairecm Claire Cain Miller on x

  “I'd structured my life around my job—exactly what they wanted me to do—but that only made the fallout worse when I learned that the workplace that I cherished considered me just an employee, one of many and disposable.” Brave essay by @eminietfeld https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @berincole B. Erin Cole on x

  let's not leave non-profits off the hook here https://twitter.com/...

• @darcyburner Darcy Burner on x

  There is more to decent employment than JUST compensation. Can you take time off? Can you adjust your hours? Are you safe? Are you treated like a valued person? Can you grow? Are you appreciated? You deserve ALL of it. https://twitter.com/...

• @acardwell Annette Cardwell on x

  That's a fine message but the message to companies should be: do better. No employee should feel this unsafe physically or psychologically at work. When HR takes this long to act and makes people work with their abuser, they aren't enabling good work and they lose good people. ht…

• @lindsaycrouse Lindsay Crouse on x

  If you look at the analytics on this powerful piece, ironically a lot of the traffic is coming from Google https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @jschauma Jan Schaumann on x

  HR exists to protect the company, not the employee - exhibit 8832: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @jillfilipovic Jill Filipovic on x

  To paraphrase the brilliant @aminatou: Any workplace that says it's a “family” is going to f you. Your employer actually demonstrates how much they value you in one way and one way only, and that is compensation. https://twitter.com/...

• @econ_marshall Marshall Steinbaum on x

  Don't define yourself in such a way that you can be hurt by people with power over you. https://twitter.com/...

• @lianafaye Dr. Liana Lareau on x

  This isn't a story about work life balance. This is a story about soul-crushing harassment, a criminally dysfunctional response, and a company that tramples women while making a mockery of “don't be evil.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @ktbenner Katie Benner on x

  “My harasser still sat next to me. My manager told me H.R. wouldn't even make him change his desk, let alone work from home or go on leave” A grim 1st-person look at how @Google handled a known sexual harasser, even after it verified @eminietfeld's claims: https://www.nytimes.com…

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x

  No company is a family even if it's literally a family business. https://twitter.com/...

• @nytimes @nytimes on x

  In Opinion “When I talked to outsiders about the harassment, they couldn't understand: I had one of the sexiest jobs in the world. How bad could it be? I asked myself this, too,” writes Emi Nietfeld, a software engineer in New York City. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @curiouswavefn Ash Jogalekar on x

  Appalling and dysfunctional. But also realize the big problem here: the facade that these companies create to lure talent which makes it sound like life here is all fun and games and family when it's basically image and the bottom line, just like others https://www.nytimes.com/..…

• @k_trendacosta Katharine Trendacosta on x

  Literally every media person ALSO learned this. https://twitter.com/...

• @taraniduncan Tarani Duncan on x

  Important and relatable content. Too many folks have had their trust betrayed and their heart broken by their work community. Lucky to dig what is currently “just my job” & feeling a lot of feels reading this very brave piece: https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @krmaher Katherine Maher on x

  No employer, period. Unless they are your family. And then you still get a contract. https://twitter.com/...

• @jdmortenson Julian Davis Mortenson on x

  Learned that lesson in my first job out of college and have never forgotten it. Coworkers and bosses may earn your loyalty as individuals. But be careful how you let yourself think about your job. https://twitter.com/...

• @chelseyglasson Chelsey Glasson on x

  This op-ed from @eminietfeld is another point of evidence as to why it's so isolating and painful to speak out about workplace misconduct at Google. Please know you're not alone in your experiences, Emi. I'm so sorry and appreciative of your speaking out. https://www.nytimes.com/…

• @xeni Xeni Jardin on x

  Google. “People in wood houses shouldn't light matches.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @sarahljaffe Sarah Jaffe on x

  “After I quit, I promised myself to never love a job again. Not in the way I loved Google...No publicly traded company is a family. I fell for the fantasy that it could be” https://twitter.com/...

• @eminietfeld @eminietfeld on x

  I'm so grateful to the @nytopinion for giving me the the chance to write about my love affair with my ex-employer, Google, the harassment I faced there, and how being a “great workplace” can make it even more excruciating to report mistreatment. https://www.nytimes.com/...