A walkout? When companies let the tail wag the dog this is what happens. I have a $1 to bet that Amazon is next..
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Over what? Are their beanies too tight? Do they not valet their Teslas anymore? Someone leave FOX news on in the executive Pilate studio?
Their demands.
- An end to forced arbitration in cases of harassment and discrimination.”Additionally, Google workers could bring a co-worker, representative, or supporter when meeting with Human Resources.
- “A commitment to end pay and opportunity inequity, for example making sure there are women of color at all levels of the organization, and accountability for not meeting this commitment.” Google would release internal reports on any salary or professional advancement gaps across employees of different races, genders, and ethnicities.
- “A publicly disclosed sexual harassment transparency report.” This would include the number of harassment claims and the division where they were made, the types of claims submitted, how many of the victims and accused have left Google, and the value of any exit packages — like the alleged payout for Rubin.
- “A clear, uniform, globally inclusive process for reporting sexual misconduct safely and anonymously.” The new process would need to make Google’s HR department more independent from its senior management, and to be accessible to everyone who works with Google, including temporary employees and contractors.
- “Elevate the Chief Diversity Officer to answer directly to the CEO and make recommendations directly to the board of directors. In addition, appoint an employee representative to the board.” The CDO and representative would help enforce the previous demands and propose changes.
1) .Good luck with this. If you think companies are going to open the door to make lawsuits against them easier to file, I have a bridge to sell you.
2) . By what classification? Should a female Java programmer make the same as a male block chain programmer? So now does the company have to hire even numbers of engineers in the same roles even though only 35 percent of engineering majors are women? Also how much should performance and experience be worth? Finally, what about negotiation? What's wingw with the concept that if a woman or minority doesn't think his or her salary is commensurate to his or her skills, the individual go out on the open market to see if others are willing to pay it?
3) . This is fine as long as it's done in a manner that protects the identity of both the victim and the accused. The granularity being asked for raises some doubts here.
4). My only issue is that this disregards the facts that laws around HR, harassment, reporting, etc, vary between countries so expecting a singular standards seems unrealistic. However, simple reporting and investigative processes are a reasonable all of any org.
5) .Seems contradictory. If you report to the CEO, which is a reasonable ask, then reporting directly to the board doesn't align.
Just my two cents of their demands.
I haven’t given it any consideration sufficient to have an opinion. My post was for informational purposes only.
Agreed. My response was my take on the demands and contained no animosity or supposition to your opinions on the topic.
Most didn't, but the CEO apologized to everyone and gave his support? That guy is crazy..
They gave Rubin a $90 million severance package. Employees were pissed.
Things have changed significantly in that arena at Google.
Oh, I get it, but the employees have nothing to do with it and the CEO should tell them to pound sand. The stockholders have more say than an employee.
If you were the CEO of Google and just gave a fired executive a $90 million severance package instead of giving raises/bonuses to those who deserve it and don’t act up, you think your employees are happy with you? You’d tell em to pound sand?
Seriously?
Probably so..
Well at a minimum I would figure out the names of everyone that walked out and start replacing them tomorrow. No way in hell would anyone have done that crap at my company.
I am not saying the package was right or wrong just that he is letting them take over his company.
Yes, but I was meaning big players, the BOD. I highly doubt they were not involved in or did not approve the buyout. I might be wrong, but I doubt it.
Short of bringing everything out into the open and possibly embarrassing the accusers, the accussed, Google's BOD, etc.. they just paid the severance and moved on. Welcome to the real business world. Most of the 90 Million was just unvested stock options he would have been entitled too, and likely would have won in arbitration, unless the victim chose to press legal charges against him.
