{"id":321616,"date":"2017-08-14T11:17:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T10:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/survey-finds-strong-majority-of-google-employees-oppose-james-damore-firing\/"},"modified":"2017-08-14T11:17:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T10:17:27","slug":"survey-finds-strong-majority-of-google-employees-oppose-james-damore-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/survey-finds-strong-majority-of-google-employees-oppose-james-damore-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey Finds Strong Majority Of Google Employees Oppose James Damore Firing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Menahan<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=57167\">Information Liberation<\/a><br \/>August 11, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>A new survey found a strong majority of Google employees oppose the firing of diversity manifesto author James Damore.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/08\/10\/survey-most-google-employees-disagreed-with-decision-to-fire-memo-writer\/\">The Daily Caller<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us.teamblind.com\/about\">Blind<\/a>, an anonymous corporate networking app, surveyed its users from over 4,000 different companies on their thoughts regarding Google\u2019s firing of software engineer James Damore, according to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/many-google-employees-dont-think-james-damore-should-have-been-fired-2017-8\">Business Insider<\/a>. At Google, 56 percent of the 441 employees surveyed opposed their company\u2019s decision to fire Damore.<\/p>\n<p>Blind also reported employee opinions across other tech companies, which seem to support the fired software engineer.<\/p>\n<p>A majority of Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon employees surveyed also opposed Google\u2019s decision by margins of 57-43, 56-44, and 54-46, respectively. Nearly two-thirds of Uber\u2019s employees surveyed also opposed the choice to terminate Damore.<\/p>\n<p>Lyft, LinkedIn, and Apple, however, all favored Google\u2019s decision by margins of 65-35, 53-47, and 51-49, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The survey only accounted for the opinions of employees who are Blind users. While not scientific, the survey does give an idea of the mood across Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is insurrection level rebellion we\u2019ve got going on. Most of the employees are high IQ white men, so it\u2019s not surprising they\u2019re not going along with this BS. What\u2019s strange is how Google is creating such a hostile environment for their workhorses powering their company to please some whiny feminist diversity hires.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, a meeting to discuss questions surrounding the memo was abruptly canceled.<\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/google-abruptly-cancels-town-hall-about-that-memo\/\">Wired<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s town hall meeting was intended to allow Pichai to address employee questions about James Damore\u2019s polarizing missive and his subsequent dismissal. But in a companywide email sent less than 45 minutes before the meeting was to start, Pichai said he had canceled it because proposed questions submitted by Google&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/survey-finds-strong-majority-of-google-employees-oppose-james-damore-firing.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris MenahanInformation LiberationAugust 11, 2017 A new survey found a strong majority of Google employees oppose the firing of diversity manifesto author James Damore. From\u00a0The Daily Caller: Blind, an anonymous corporate networking app, surveyed its users from over 4,000 different companies on their thoughts regarding Google\u2019s firing of software engineer James Damore, according to\u00a0Business Insider. 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