Google has abandoned employee diversity targets, saying on Wednesday that as a federal contractor, the company needed to comply with President Trump’s executive orders opposing diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
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What does "opposing diversity, equity and inclusion policies" even mean. Does it mean I hire someone with a brain worm and mentally unstable because he is white?
Sundar spitting in the faces of the people who made him so wealthy and powerful can’t go wrong at all, especially with so much riding on replacing the workforce with AI.
Pitchai gonna fire himself? I guess that’s too easy odds now, anyone want to bet me $15 Zuckerberg fires his wife this year? I’ll pay-out double if he does it not because she’s Asian but because she’s a Jew-lover.
So depressing. Deleting facecrack and instagram was easy. "X" was a no brainer. Divesting myself of all things Amazon, Google and Apple will be a challenge, but I am up for the challenge. It's the only tool we all have. And these were the "good guys" in 2017 - 2021. Ugh.
I watched the career of a VP at Procter & Gamble who I liked because I’m shallow and he’s gorgeous … he went to Nike and then Google and now he’s back in Ohio leading a boring but large market research firm lol. I just know he has stories. I have no doubt the fuzzy ethics shocked him.
Since nothing matters anymore I just stumbled onto an email address for the P&G alumni network and I told them their deafening silence about fascism coming to the country that made them is disgusting.
Google has enough influence and enough reach and is so ingrained in nearly everything we do online, they have no need to comply. This is purely a move of greed. How the fuck do we boycott Google? Even if we don’t use it personally, many of us are tied to it via work.
From the people who rushed to appease a tyrant by misinforming everyone on their map service that the Gulf of Mexico has been renamed by someone who has a less than grade school understanding of geometry and history..
So - the universe musta been telling me something when Chrome just like crashed on my MacBook...can't access ANY websites from Chrome; none of my bookmarks work - NOTHING WORKS ON CHROME ANYMORE.
Less than 10% of Google's revenue comes from the federal government. It would not be impossible nor make a huge bottom line difference if they were to stop federal contracting. Most of their revenue comes from advertising. Their excuse is weak and bogus.
Nothing short of than being a ‘crutch’ ergo supporting racism, misogyny, homophobia, disablism/ableism, ageism etc. Ultimately CHOOSING to collaborate with Fascism and Nazi sympathisers.
Botox Valley giants might take refresher course what happened to all the German corporations who thought it was good idea to crawl into bed with the nazis.
The Dresden option is sitting on the table.
Gut. It was wrong. Politically motivated social engineering is wrong. Pandering is wrong. Time for PO Blacks to wake up and grow up. No mo Institutional Enslavement. Period!
Some of us are going to get through all this madness relatively ok. But not our vulnerable populations, including people with disabilities, children, the elderly, and the homeless.
Jobs, housing, and the critical services those communities access are under direct threat. Safeguards are eroding.
Thank u! This all looked like gibberish to me at first but thankfully I heard of DuckDuckGo but didn’t know this was an alternative to google. It’s amazing how we can get stuck with one company while there’s a bunch of competitors out there doing the same thing
Basically, look for FOSS (free open source software) alternatives to proprietary - they are underrated and surprisingly good - and follow the Rolling Stones' advice 'Hey You, Get Off Of My Cloud'. (With apologies for their lamentable grammar!).
So Google is perfectly okay breaking every antitrust regulation there is yet when it comes to making up for past discrimination... Well they can't do it.
President Musk & Trump's "blackmailing threats" against DEI companies that have contracts w/the Government! This is Trump's MO all of his life, extort, extort, & extort!!
Which was more fitting?
- Fox dropping “fair and balanced”
OR
- Google dropping “don’t be evil”
OR
- NYTimes dropping “all the news that’s fit to print”
3 times I've Googled matters of constitutional law or fact checking of fine details and a link to the White House was the 1st (non-AI) result given.
*Not every question but 3 of 5 seems unusual?
This search - When was the 1st official gov't DEI effort implemented.
"Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America."
— Lewis speaking atop the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 1, 2020
Google can go f#%k themselves!F#%ken cowards, ya’ll we got to remember who stood up and who got on there knees, when we come out of this we got to stand on business. Idk about you but Im tired of corporations/ billionaires running me into the ground.
What a bunch of BS! These corporations are even more disappointing than ever expected. To think of how many people suffered to get these standards in place and a convicted felon & rapist can take away our protections.
I’ve been using DuckDuckGo for many years. It’s fine for most things but occasionally you have to use another browser that allows cookies (banks, etc).
Unfortunately Google is right if they want to suckle on the government teet they must bend the knee. I just hope Google knows they’re bending a knee to a false pResident. We won’t forget.
As a former Google employee, that was told I couldn't get a manager position because I didn't have a vagina...I have mixed feelings in this. I know it help correct past issues, but wished it didn't hit me in my watch.
• A US labor department audit found that Google discriminated against women, including paying them less than men for the same jobs
• Some say that Google segregates women into lower-paying jobs
• Women of color face both racism and sexism, which can lead to additional discrimination
Oh no. The problem is never other religions its people who mock organized religion. Muslims are bro tier. Muslims respect Jesus and Mary. Praise be to Jesus and Mary
I really like how all you crazy fuckers her are all pissing in your pants, heads popping off, crying and pissing, moaning groaning, sniffling. These were your fucking heroes. You really don’t get it do you you are nothing now America has spoken. Be quiet adults are in the room now
Here’s what I put together for Gmail. It’s a bit wordy but email transition is not easy. If anyone wants to make this more visual or concise, I only ask that you reshare it! Happy to share an editable copy. More to come on other Google services.
I came here to say the same. Still waiting for my Meta download of my data so I can delete. Stopped using Amazon. Google will be the hardest for me to “unwind” but I removed Chrome and replaced with DuckDuckGo.
It seems like I should have paid more attention when Google changed it's motto from "No Evil" to "Evil at every chance and wait till our kill robots enforce our will..that shit is crazy evil"
The "don't be evil" Google would rather have walked than cave to this. Now they buddy up to Trump just like German industrialists did to Hitler because it's "good for business."
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Answer: Be Sundar Pichai
Not something that makes me happy, though.
(It’s the racism)
Can't run without the contract money? There's always Chapter 13.
The end.
Do the right thing.
Switched to Safari - loving it.
The Dresden option is sitting on the table.
They continue to move farther away from their original mission statement, "Don't be evil." Mix in money and the next thing you know you're this guy.
Jobs, housing, and the critical services those communities access are under direct threat. Safeguards are eroding.
Libre Office and own on-premises filestore instead of Docs
Something like Plusnet for mail
'Curate' (overused word) your photos locally.
It's always that simple.
Moral obligations outweigh government directives.
Spineless cowards.
Do Not Obey In Advance
- Fox dropping “fair and balanced”
OR
- Google dropping “don’t be evil”
OR
- NYTimes dropping “all the news that’s fit to print”
*Not every question but 3 of 5 seems unusual?
This search - When was the 1st official gov't DEI effort implemented.
— Lewis speaking atop the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 1, 2020
Shame.
FU google.
P.S. NYT can also get fucked with its ridiculous pandering coverage of the fascist coup. Shame on you.
• Some say that Google segregates women into lower-paying jobs
• Women of color face both racism and sexism, which can lead to additional discrimination
work so well in europe.
@proton.me
Will you ever get back to doing your job or do you just suck permanently now?
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