2021-04-18
This response as usual, “All instances of inappropriate conduct reported are investigated rigorously.” The truth? When I hired an attorney and demanded Google finally investigate my claims, the initial response was to offer me 30k to quit. Lena was a few days old at the time. https://twitter.com/...
Protocol
Big tech whistleblowers describe the severe emotional toll that standing up to gigantic companies takes and how it sets them on the path to advocacy
Last summer, just before she published a viral Twitter thread about the discrimination she said she faced at Pinterest … Tweets: @issielapowsky , @folletto , @protocol , @joyehowar...
I'm not the first to mention this, but the conversation here makes me think about how there's a need for a fund to support whistleblowers financially, legally and psychologically in the aftermath of going public. https://twitter.com/...
Protocol
Big tech whistleblowers describe the severe emotional toll that standing up to gigantic companies takes and how it sets them on the path to advocacy
Last summer, just before she published a viral Twitter thread about the discrimination she said she faced at Pinterest … Tweets: @issielapowsky , @folletto , @protocol , @joyehowar...
2021-04-11
In the face of Google doing not one thing to protect me over the many months of my being a target of discrimination, harassment and retaliation, happy to see these demands made. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
1,200+ Alphabet employees have signed a letter asking the company to stop protecting harassers, following a NYT op-ed by an ex-employee who alleged harassment
Zoe Schiffer / The Verge : Source: Medium .
2021-04-10
In the face of Google doing not one thing to protect me over the many months of my being a target of discrimination, harassment and retaliation, happy to see these demands made. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
1,200+ Alphabet employees have signed a letter asking the company to stop protecting harassers, following a NYT op-ed by an ex-employee who alleged harassment
Organizers say the demands of the Google Walkout still haven't been met — More than 500 Alphabet employees have signed … Source: Medium .
2021-04-08
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/...
New York Times
An ex-Google engineer says she endured harassment for over a year and that Google's positive external image led her to delay reporting it
I learned the hard way that no publicly traded company is a family. — Ms. Nietfeld is a software engineer. She worked at Google from 2015 to 2019.