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Google Engineers Are Organizing A Walk Out To Protest The Company's Protection Of An Alleged Sexual Harasser (buzzfeednews.com)
In response to a story about Google paying and protecting former executive Andy Rubin following an investigation into sexual misconduct, a group of 200 Google employees are organizing a "women's walk." From a report: A group of more than two hundred engineers at Google are organizing a company-wide "women's walk" walkout for later this week to protest recent revelations about the search giant's protection of employees that had allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct, according to four people familiar with the situation inside Google. The protest, which is expected to happen on Thursday, comes in light of a story by the New York Times last week into the misbehavior of Android creator Andy Rubin and other executives at the company, some of whom still have positions of prominence at Google. Google gave Rubin a reported $90 million exit package in 2014, following an investigation into an allegation that he had coerced another employee to perform oral sex on him. That investigation reportedly found that allegation to be credible.
I'd be happy to take a position at Google. And I won't spend more time on SJW virtue signaling than I do on my job.
First it was trial by jury, then it was trial by media, now it's trial by social network and media.
An HR department is not a criminal court. They don't have to presume innocence.
If the HR department were to lynch the guy, they would be in criminal court PDQ. In this case, they fired the guy, and people don't like that Google had to abide by his employment agreement and give him his termination compensation.
Guess what, folks? They do, therefore, given a contract and a legal obligation to honor that contract, he gets the money.
He was fired. That's all you're gettin'. March all you want. It's stupid.
Nothing in this story has been proven. There's never been a lawsuit. Nothing has officially been revealed.
See the smoking crater that used to be known as Gawker? That's what happened. So now coverage has to be mealy-mouthed.
Including referring to someone as a "convicted " instead of just using the common name for that crime. That way the publication can claim it is just deferring to the courts.
So no, this is not a new creeping SJW witch hunt on totally innocent men. This is a shift in news coverage to add more butt-covering. If this was 10 years ago, "alleged" would not be so liberally used in the article.
but why on Earth [don't] at least a number of rape victims seek legal counsel, press charges and somehow act on the harassment in a provable manner
Let's take the example of Bill Cosby. Lots and lots of victims. Some did attempt to come forward before now. They were met with things like "No way! He's America's dad! You were just a slut and now are trying to cash in". Shockingly enough, there isn't a long line of women who want to line up to be abused again.
The thing to remember is this behavior is not new. It's been going on for a very, very long time. What's new is you are hearing about this behavior instead of the accuser being shoved aside.