Google Reportedly Paid Andy Rubin $90 Million After He Allegedly Coerced Sex From Employee (theverge.com)
The New York Times has revealed new details on the circumstances that surrounded Andy Rubin's departure from Google in 2014. According to the report, Google "investigated sexual misconduct claims against Rubin, which revolved around an incident in which he allegedly coerced another Google employee into 'performing oral sex in a hotel room in 2013,'" The Verge reports. "Despite reportedly finding the claims credible -- to the point that Page decided Rubin needed to go -- Google gave him a $90 million exit package. The last $2 million of that agreement will be paid out next month." From the report: Before that payout, and during the initial stages of its investigation in 2014, Google awarded Rubin "a stock grant worth $150 million." The move gave Rubin, at that time a highly-valued executive at the company, major financial incentive for sticking around after he'd moved on from Android to focus his efforts on a robotics unit. The Times says it's unclear whether Page or Google's leadership committee knew about the misconduct allegations when they approved that huge grant. But they certainly did when reaching the $90 million figure as Rubin headed out the door, and Page offered public praise for Rubin in announcing his departure. After he left, Google proceeded to invest in his VC, Playground Ventures. And the company even allowed him to delay paying back a $14 million loan it'd given him "to buy a beach estate in Japan." In a statement to the New York Times, Google said: "[W]e investigate and take action, including termination. In recent years, we've taken a particularly hard line on inappropriate conduct by people in positions of authority. We're working hard to keep improving how we handle this type of behavior."
UPDATE: Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent an email to employees Thursday in response to the report, saying 48 employees have been fired for sexual misconduct over the last two years.
UPDATE: Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent an email to employees Thursday in response to the report, saying 48 employees have been fired for sexual misconduct over the last two years.
What do you mean by "coerced"? "Coerced" as in he forced an employee to give him a blowjob or "coerced" as in he convinced an employee to give him a blowjob? There is a huge difference between the two. If it's the latter definition, then there is no issue. Adults can do what they want.
1) Coerced Sex From Employee.
2) Get fired.
3) Profit!!
"saying 48 employees have been fired for sexual misconduct over the last two years." I doubt any of those Employee's that were fired got 90million to leave like Andy got. I doubt they got anything period cept a pink slip and a "Collect your crap and leave" speech. Typical rich people get paid to leave after doing crap.
More like Andy RUBIN DEEZ NUTZ ON UR FACE.
Literally.
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent an email to employees Thursday in response to the report, saying 48 employees have been fired for sexual misconduct over the last two years.
That's a lot of lottery winners!
I'm not saying he offered the victim 10% to make the complaint, but that would certainly be one way to get seed funding for a new start-up venture.
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So they should have turned to an outlet like the Gateway Pundit or the Washington Times to write the story instead of the New York Times?
and you don't get between a CEO and his golden parachute. Countess Bathory would be proud.
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They really must have wanted him to go away if they paid him $90,000,000,000! Hell, a ticket to the ISS is only $20M.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
This is why I mostly don't give fuck anymore.
"Fair is fair, Henry. If I nail Hot Lips and punch Hawkeye, can I get $90 million?"
I'm paraphrasing, of course.
Show us on the doll where you like to force it.
Humans, at least normal humans, aren't asexual robots who can turn it on and off with the flip of a switch. Sex and eroticism is embedded to our core as one of our primary instincts. Being driven by our sexual impulses all the time, yes even in the workplace, is a feature not a bug as designed by God/evolution. You attempt to suppress this basic drive and it will leak out elsewhere in more destructive ways, ie even deeper perversion or fanaticism. G00gle and other ultra left wing tech companies and modern world in general apparently have forgotten the lessons humanity learned at great cost with its experiences with societal and religious traditions over the past thousands of years.
Sucking dick is literally part of the job description for certain employees.
He got $90 million AND a blowjob? I'm in the wrong line of work!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Don't forget that google is the sjw company
On the one hand they aren't SJW enough, they gave the guy $90M even though he sexually assaulted someone. On the other hand they are too SJW because... Wait, can you explain that one to me?
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
What am I supposed to believe "coerce" means in the context of this article?
Does coerce mean a promise to buy her a nice dinner later?
Does coerce mean threatening to chop her head off with a dull axe?
Interesting an article that goes on and on about golden parachutes, emails and extraneous drama involving unrelated people providing a history of who fucked who would pay lip service to the most critical aspect of the underlying story in a manner that offers no substantive information about the actual topic of the article to the reader.
Yes it is, they're using fancy American military tech with the support of American military personnel.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
On the one hand they aren't SJW enough, they gave the guy $90M even though he sexually assaulted someone.
Sexual assault? Who said anything about assault? What evidence is this characterization based upon?
Andy Rubin is a resolute Democrat.
They're applying different standards to different people. Social Justice rules are for the little guys. The big shots get to do whatever they like.
It is totally legal for a company exec. to talk an underling into performing sexual acts. Legal is not to be confused with ethical. He was let go because he violated company ethics, company rules, not for breaking the law. His contract likely contained specific reasons why he would NOT get his $90M upon leaving. Sexual ethics violations were apparently not on the list. Perhaps sexual ethics violations will get higher billing in Google contracts in the future, but I doubt it.
Guess you missed the "coerced" part.
Well, there is an opening for United Nations ambassador? And part of the job was taking down names. Legend has it that presidents could read and write long ago.
Wow...a forced blowjob AND $90 million. When Google says they take a "hard line" on sexual misconduct, I wonder if they mean what we're supposed to think they mean.
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I guess my definition of not doing evil and Google's definition are very much different.
The Fifth Amendment applies to the HR groups of corporations? Since when?
So was President Trump.
Guess he considered blowjobs from coworkers... essential.
Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
He has an ass backward idea and you hope he dies? Are you eleven?
ROFL.. you talk as if a woman refused/humiliated you in the past and you still haven't got over it and now they all out there to get you.
"The hands that help are better far than lips that pray." - Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899)
Coerced sex is sexual assault... At least it is here, maybe in the US there is a different legal term for it.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
How is that "SJW" though? Aren't SJWs famous for going after the rich and powerful?
It's almost as if that term is just a meaningless pejorative.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
Google leadership doesn't need to embrace 100% of the ideology to act like SJWs. There were Jews who fought for Hitler and I don't think they were okay with death camps.
You can define SJW however you want. To me, an SJW is someone in favor of minority and women's privilege to the point of irrationality. The reason it's "social justice" and not simply "justice" is because they don't actually want that. Justice means equality before the law and that prevents them from giving minorities and women extra privileges.
The reason they're called "warriors" is because they feel very strongly about it and are willing to go to great lengths to reach their goals. They believe the ends justify the means and would love nothing more than to grind the white male into the dirt, even if that particular individual had nothing to do with past oppression of women and minorities.
If there is no agreed definition of SJW, no identifiable group or traits that we can use to make a determination, then the phrase is meaningless.
I've noticed that in almost every case where the phrase is used it's about vague claims of irrational behaviour rather than specific incidents. Often it's just speculation about what might happen in the future, were such people to actually exist.
It's the ultimate straw man. It both labels your opponent, instantly enraging many listeners and poisoning the well, and lets you make any ridiculous claim to rail against because SJWs are known to be completely ridiculous.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
Did they just give it to hime, or was this part of the contract negotiations when he signed on to the company?
If the latter, where is the news. If the first I see it before me: He walks out with a carton box with his plant in it. All sad. Head down. And just after door closes behind him, an employee yeslls after him "Hey, Any. You forgot your 90 million doller check." He turns, smiles. Sees that it is the girl who gave that fantastic blowjob.They walk into the sun together. --- Fade to black.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
I thought this was an instance of Poe's law. Having seen your other posts, it's appears more likely that you're serious.
I would say that the advice of "never date at work" would be a very good idea for you to follow, since I think with your current views you're likely to fuck up badly otherwise.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
You can define SJW however you want.
And that is the definition of "SJW" in a nutshell.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
I've noticed that in almost every case where the phrase is used it's about vague claims of irrational behaviour rather than specific incidents. Often it's just speculation about what might happen in the future, were such people to actually exist.
It's more than that. It also used like:
1. AmiMojo is a well known SJW
2. SJWs literally support murdering men. I'm sure I read that somewhere. Or I made it up, but it sounds like it's true, so it is.
3. Therefore AmiMojo literally supports murdering men
I've had a lot of similar claims made about me. When I demand for sort of evidence like a link to where I ever said such a thing, I get angry, evasive responses. The more I demand evidence that I actually said something, the angrier the accusers seem to get. Only evil SJW want evidence of claims it seems.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
Kind of like complaining and stating you are afraid due to an unsuccessful event that happened in the 80s?
What am I serious about? Are you sure you can figure that out? Is there a point to my rants? Follow the common thread. If you're sophisticated enough to do so.
For some people it seems that imagining you did something is the same as you actually having done it... Which is something they frequently claim that SJWs do.
In fact I've noticed a pattern. Anything they claim an SJW is doing is almost certainly what they themselves are doing. Their own minds work that way, so they assume everyone else's do too.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
What am I serious about? Are you sure you can figure that out? Is there a point to my rants?
Well on a whim I had a look at your posting history. As far as I can tell you're deadly serious about never ever writing a post which demonstrates any hint of insight or a point. It is actually sort of impressive. My best guess is you're testing the slashdot mod crowd you see if you can maintain a positive karma without ever making a contribution to a discussion or expressing an opinion of any sort. That's actually quite a difficult task and both more interesting and more honest than simply expressing whatever opinion you think might get modded up.
Though it was kind of tedious reading your interactions with tedious ACs. You can sometimes get upmods from those of you deliver a really good smack down, but you're just as likely to get a down mod from people who don't want the conversation polluted with AC related crap.
Good luck though, I shall follow your karma score with interest.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
I've had a lot of similar claims made about me. When I demand for sort of evidence like a link to where I ever said such a thing, I get angry, evasive responses.
Funny how you say that about other people. The last 3-4 times I replied to your posts you responded with childish insults.
You can claim that, but I think most people already have a good idea of what "SJW" refers to.
In our society, there's a group of people who hate white people. There's another group that hates men. And there's a group that don't care about due process. These groups overlap, and the intersection is what I call SJW. You can give it a different name, I don't really care. But those people exist.
Coerced/rape is 'fuck me or I'll fire you.'
Whoring about on company funds is 'fuck me and I'll promote you.'
We don't know which this was. Only that she was butthurt about it after.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
The problem with "fuck me and I'll promote you" is that refusal may offend, so the victim will be worried about retaliation. Therefore it is always coercion.
It is also unfair to anyone not asked to fuck.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
Coerced sex is sexual assault... At least it is here, maybe in the US there is a different legal term for it.
Coercion by definition is NOT limited to threats of doom and violence. There are many ways to compel people to do what they otherwise wouldn't.
Surely you are not asserting for example buying someone something nice or expensive in exchange for sex is sexual assault in your country?
Why go that extra mile with reckless assumptions invoking "sexual assault" something nobody not even the authors of the articles or anyone else here has done when you have no supporting information to indicate it took place?
When people are reckless with assumptions and accusations and they are proven wrong it has negative impacts on others.
The other common attribute of the SJW is that they are powerful, capable of taking down even the rich and famous who are normally above the law. They control huge multi-billion dollar companies and force them to institute SJW polices, spending vast sums of money on them (e.g. Intel spent $300M on diversity).
So if they do indeed exist there should be plenty of individuals to point to, plenty of evidence of this power, right? Otherwise they are just another Illuminati conspiracy.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
how is this even faintly insightful. You'd just move the problem over to gay/lesbian coercion.
I'm pleasantly surprised you took me up on that. I wouldn't expect most anyone to do so. I know my posts are, for the most part, quite over-the-top, but, if you look closely at what I'm responding to, it is hypocritical, non-scientific, non-fact-based, clap-trap.
I have such a complete and utter dislike and aversion to the current climate of anti-science, anti-fact crap (from all sides), that I've made it my mission in life to exaggerate the extremes at every opportunity to show how disgusting the whole idea is.
You probably (or at least most wouldn't) believe that, but, I think if you look closely, you'll notice that common thread (though sometimes it is quite obtuse and hidden).
And yes, I do not consider most "Humanities" to be fact-based/science-based. That doesn't mean I don't think they have value, just, that I think they over-inflate their own value far beyond their contribution of well-being to humanity.
I strongly believe in "doing" and "providing" and "building" and I'm not so much into "introspection" and "mindfulness" and crap like that. I strongly believe that there is far too much non-productive "work" going on and that the few percentage of people actually working their ass off are getting bled dry by all the religious/psychology/management/legal/political scumbags who exist solely as leeches upon the actual productive members of society (buildings, scientists, engineers, farmers, bricklayers, garbage men, custodians, etc., etc.).
I make it my mission to call out the "garbage" (as I see it) on every possible occasion in a way that flies directly in the face of the so-called "inteligencia" that continuously crank out the crap.
Hope that explains my motivations some. Thanks for asking.
'Fuck me and I'll give you diamond' has the same issue.
Women that sleep their way to the top are co conspirators, not victims.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Whoosh!
It's easy to explain. If you look at the patterns, most sexual harassment/assault being tolerated appears to happen in SJW-oriented locations, like Google, academia, government, news media, Hollywood, etc...
It seems to contribute to people in those cultures being way more concerned about it (because it apparently happens all the time there and is swept under the rug much of the time), while people in more rational fields wonder why they much more rarely see the types of things which are apparently common when you put a bunch of power-hungry leftists together in an organization.
Then the leftists project their own issues on to everyone else and assume it must be worse elsewhere, because they're "woke" or something and just ignore that Clinton/Weinstein/slave-girl-island whatever stuff behind the curtain.
The party of stupid and the party of evil get together and do something both stupid and evil, then call it bipartisan.
. The last 3-4 times I replied to your posts you responded with childish insults.
I did? Perhaps, but I don't keep track of you so I couldn't confirm or deny that. And there's a chance that if you said something aggressively stupid then I treated your post with the contempt it deserved. Or maybe I was in a bad mood. Who knows!
SJW n. One who posts facts.
The moderation display seems to be broken... This is score 1, with
20% Interesting
20% Insightful
20% Funny
I guess some meta moderation is not included, but holy crap there must have been a lot of triggered anti-SJW metas today.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
most sexual harassment/assault being tolerated appears to happen in SJW-oriented locations
Isn't the rather more obvious and likely explanation that we simply find out about it in those locations more often because SJWs bring it to light?
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
On the other hand they are too SJW because... Wait, can you explain that one to me?
If it's not obvious to you by now, there's no way you'll ever understand it.
If the guy wasn't as rich, this wouldn't be news at all.
It's rich people hating article that marginalizes every other person that had to suck cock for nice dinner/promotion or just for the sake of sucking cock.
GTFO. News that matters.
Ah, the old "I'm an armchair psyhoanalyst bullshit" from an anonymous coward who can't be held accountable for their worthless words. Your crap is nothing but misery. Hey, look at me, I can run my mouth while everyone else works to feed, clothe, and shelter me. Fuck off! The government should pay my student loans for my shitty, worthless "degree" because I'm special. Translation: Someone should put a gun to people's heads who are being productive and rob them to pay for my navel gazing. Fuck You!
Everything you said is complete nonsense. Make up some more worthless shit and post it anonymously and cowardly. You are completely and utterly full of shit.
Keep projecting your inadequacies on others ANONYMOUS COWARD!
Only if you think there are no SJWs at all elsewhere, and you also don't have anyone else willing to report that info and you don't have direct experience of those other locations.
Besides, why would that lead to it being more tolerated by the SJW-rich areas?
So in other words, no.
The party of stupid and the party of evil get together and do something both stupid and evil, then call it bipartisan.
What about gay people?
I reserve the write to mangle english.