According to Motherboard, on August 5, a message from a female Google employee who accused discrimination and retaliation recently caused a shock throughout the company.
Specifically, the internal message of the female employee clearly stated that the managers at Google had discriminated against her and a colleague because they were both pregnant. The author of this message once stood up to protect his colleague but the result was retaliated by the managers.
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| Allegations of discrimination at Google are spreading throughout the company. Photo: Mashable . |
According to sources, more than 10,000 employees at Google read this message since it was launched last week. Motherboard also said that this action of the female staff has inspired quite a lot of support messages from colleagues, attracting thousands of “likes”.
“I share this message because I hope it will make the necessary change in the way Google handles discrimination, harassment and retaliation. If anything like that happens to you, believe that you are not alone ”, the message of the female employee through the message copied and edited by Motherboard on August 5.
According to the Motherboard , in the messages and comments, the staff expressed their support for the author and expressed awe at the culture of working at Google that tolerated discrimination.
“She deserves the best of everything, rather than staying in this shipwreck,” an employee posted a message about the message.
Google response
In a statement to Business Insider , a Google spokesperson, Jenn Kaiser said the company had a number of laws that were widely publicized to prevent retaliation at work.
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| A Google employee joined the rally in November 2018 because of concerns about sexual harassment and gender discrimination. Photo: Business Insider . |
“To make sure there are no complaints that are ignored at Google, we have provided our employees with different channels to reflect concerns, including anonymity and investigation. Clearly all the allegations of revenge, “Kaiser said in the statement.
Google is at the center of dealing with women and those who dare to stand up to discrimination.
Some recent disclosures revealed that the company had to spend millions of dollars to “silence” the directors and managers accused of sexual harassment.
This has led to a series of Google employees organizing a walk to demonstrate gender discrimination. Since then, a large number of people who have participated in protests leave the company, with allegations of retaliation.
In a message titled “I will not return to Google after a maternity leave and this is the reason”, the anonymous female worker said the trouble came from about a year and a half ago, shortly after she was promoted. hold up a new position.
According to the message, soon after being promoted, her manager began to have “inappropriate words” with other female members in the same group.
Specifically, the manager speculated that a member of the group might have been pregnant and suggested that she was “easily touched and unable to work while pregnant”.
Discrimination and revenge against women at Google
According to a message received by Motherboard , the pregnant woman reported the manager’s comments to the HR management department and immediately afterwards, the manager took revenge for herself. .
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| Android founder Andy Rubin was investigated by the New York Times for having committed sexual harassment during his time at Google. Photo: Getty . |
“Almost immediately after the discussion with the HR department, the attitude of the manager towards me changed and became more drastic. I had to endure many angry conversations and emails and projects rejected. She even ignored me in face-to-face meetings, ”the female employee reported in the message.
The female employee also accused the manager of sharing “comments that damage her reputation” with senior managers, and they began interviewing people to replace her, even though there were not any meetings. Any conversation will announce that she will leave the group.
The female employee finally moved to a similar position in another group soon after Google’s human resources department refused to open a public investigation of alleged retaliation.
The female employee then must face the same discrimination soon, according to the message. In the message, the female employee said the new manager publicly stated that she would not let her take on management duties while pregnant because she thought the group could be stressed out by her maternity process.
During pregnancy, the female staff member said she had a life-threatening complication of her and the baby in her abdomen. Therefore, the female staff informs the group and the manager that she wants to take maternity leave soon.
However, according to the message, instead of meeting the needs, the manager lowered the importance of rest and even warned that she would not be guaranteed a management position after the end. Maternity leave.
Lost and feeling unsupported
After experiencing some unpleasant symptoms, the female employee sent an email to her boss to announce that she might start taking leave.
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| Just by standing up to fight against discrimination, pregnant female employees have been retaliated by managers and have no chance of working at Google. Photo: Vice . |
Soon after, the manager replied with an “angry email”, accusing her of not meeting the requirements of her job.
In no other way, she continued to submit her treatment report to a new manager in Google’s HR management department.
During the department’s opening of the investigation, they told her that there was no evidence of discrimination and the work experience of female employees was “there is a problem in communication ”and“ administrative error ”.
“I feel completely unsupported and lost,” she said.
In just 6 weeks before maternity leave, the company’s assessment of her next job changed to “need improvement.” Before starting to complain to Google’s human resources department on discrimination, this female employee always received very positive feedback.
“I stood up to fight for a mother in the group and that means the career path at Google has ended,” she said in a message.