Google Staff Fired for Protesting Israel Ties

[Nakosis]

Google has fired 28 employees over their participation in a 10-hour sit-in at the search giant’s offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, to protest the company’s business ties with the Israel government, The Post has learned.

The pro-Palestinian staffers — who wore traditional Arab headscarves as they stormed and occupied the office of a top executive in California on Tuesday — were terminated late Wednesday after an internal investigation, Google vice president of global security Chris Rackow said in a companywide memo.

“They took over office spaces, defaced our property, and physically impeded the work of other Googlers,” Rackow wrote in the memo obtained by The Post. “Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made co-workers feel threatened.”
Google fires 28 employees involved in sit-in protest over $1.2B Israel contract

Do you think Google was right for firing them?

 

[Revoltingest]

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Do you think Google was right for firing them?

Firing is appropriate.
But Google long ago abandoned its corporate
code of conduct, "Don't be evil". Google actively
participates in the genocide (Project Nimbus).
**** Google.

 

[esmith]

I have no problem with people voicing their opinion; however if you feel strongly enough about your opinion then in this case they should have quit their job.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Do you think Google was right for firing them?

If the memo is accurate, yes.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I have no problem with people voicing their opinion; however if you feel strongly enough about your opinion then in this case they should have quit their job.

That's effectively what they did.

 

[libre]

I dislike the ambiguousness of the memo indicating that the protesters 'made co-workers feel threatened.'

I understand that there may be liability reasons for not indicating whether the protestors actually did engage in threats for Google, but the reality is that many Americans 'feel threatened' by anyone expressing solidarity with Palestinians.

 

[libre]

I'd say I generally support protests relating to AI development and use by/for military across the board, but there is particular concern for Israel right now for obvious reasons.

 

[HonestJoe]

Do you think Google was right for firing them?

On the face of it, it doesn't sound unreasonable. In fact, I'd suggest it'd be stranger for the employees to engage in such a determined protest against the company but then turn up to work the next day as if nothing happened.

 

[Revoltingest]

On the face of it, it doesn't sound unreasonable. In fact, I'd suggest it'd be stranger for the employees to engage in such a determined protest against the company but then turn up to work the next day as if nothing happened.

It's good that Google is receiving loud
feedback for its support of genocide.
**** Google.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I dislike the ambiguousness of the memo indicating that the protesters 'made co-workers feel threatened.'

I suspect that 'uncomfortable' would have been more accurate. Having participated in a number of sit-ins in the 60's, I'm fine with uncomfortable.

 

[libre]

Some of the organizers were on Democracy Now! if anyone wants to hear them speak.

 

[McBell]

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Google has fired 28 employees over their participation in a 10-hour sit-in at the search giant’s offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, to protest the company’s business ties with the Israel government, The Post has learned.

The pro-Palestinian staffers — who wore traditional Arab headscarves as they stormed and occupied the office of a top executive in California on Tuesday — were terminated late Wednesday after an internal investigation, Google vice president of global security Chris Rackow said in a companywide memo.

“They took over office spaces, defaced our property, and physically impeded the work of other Googlers,” Rackow wrote in the memo obtained by The Post. “Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made co-workers feel threatened.”
Google fires 28 employees involved in sit-in protest over $1.2B Israel contract

Do you think Google was right for firing them?

Yes I do.
And for the record
They were not fired for their stance on the conflict.
They were fired because they took over office spaces, defaced our property, and physically impeded the work of other Googlers.

 

[Twilight Hue]

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Google has fired 28 employees over their participation in a 10-hour sit-in at the search giant’s offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, to protest the company’s business ties with the Israel government, The Post has learned.

The pro-Palestinian staffers — who wore traditional Arab headscarves as they stormed and occupied the office of a top executive in California on Tuesday — were terminated late Wednesday after an internal investigation, Google vice president of global security Chris Rackow said in a companywide memo.

“They took over office spaces, defaced our property, and physically impeded the work of other Googlers,” Rackow wrote in the memo obtained by The Post. “Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made co-workers feel threatened.”
Google fires 28 employees involved in sit-in protest over $1.2B Israel contract

Do you think Google was right for firing them?

I'd fire them myself.

Defacing property? Not allowing others to work? Not working themselves?

Yea, I'd say definitely justified grounds for termination of employment.

 

[Revoltingest]

My hat (were I wearing one) is off to them
for calling attention to Google's support
for apartheid & genocide.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Firing is appropriate.
But Google long ago abandoned its corporate
code of conduct, "Don't be evil". Google actively
participates in the genocide (Project Nimbus).
**** Google.

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That was the project that was being protested:

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245757317/google-worker-fired-israel-project-nimbus-cloud-protestor

 

[Brickjectivity]

Do you think Google was right for firing them?

For storming and occupying an executive's office? Its an opportunity to fire when you are already trying to shed workers. You let them go, and its their own fault. Your only liability is your unemployment insurance. They could have stayed, protested continually in some other way. They could have put in notice and protested. Instead they chose to storm an office and get fired. Google wins.

Another way to protest is to write letters. That is sometimes effective.

 

[Revoltingest]

More workers fired.

MSN

Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics​

The workplace shouldn't be for enabling apartheid & genocide either.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I have no problem with people voicing their opinion; however if you feel strongly enough about your opinion then in this case they should have quit their job.

Seems to me that this was their way of quitting and bringing attention to an important issue at the same time.