Summary The memo received heavy criticism on social media. Photo courtesy: Reuters
(Web Desk) - A Google employee’s internal memo complaining about the firm’s diversity initiatives has stirred a heated debate at the billion dollar corporation.
According to BBC, the internal memo sent by a male software engineer said that the reason that there was a lack of women in tech jobs was the biological differences between men and women. The unnamed author also stated that it was time that people stopped "assuming that gender gaps imply sexism.”
The piece went further on to say that the reason there was a lack of women in leadership roles was because of biological difference and that women generally prefer jobs in social or artistic areas while more men liked coding. The piece received heavy criticism from numerous people on social media although the author said that he had gotten "many personal messages from fellow Googlers expressing their gratitude".
Btw, that Google anti-diversity manifesto is some seriously entry-level Reddit MRA board intellectually vapid bullshit.
— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers) August 6, 2017
I experienced this at Google, and was frustrated that they did nothing about rhetoric that was harming employees. https://t.co/EtO4ehnILL
— Kelly Ellis (@justkelly_ok) August 5, 2017
The debate from the article gained such traction that it promoted a response from Danielle Brown, Google’s new head of diversity, who stated that the viewpoints implied in the article were not those "that I or this company endorses, promotes or encourages".
Danielle went on to further say that diversity was a part of Google’s values and that the company was "unequivocal in our belief that diversity and inclusion are critical to our success as a company, and we’ll continue to stand for that and be committed to it for the long haul."
Google is one of the largest companies in the world and is regarded as one of the top firms in innovation.
