James Damore , the former Google locomotive engineer who wrote a lengthy memo outlining what he perceive as innate gender differences that made char less equipt to work in tech than workforce , is suing the company for secernment .
In a class actionlawsuitfiled today , Damore and another former Google employee , David Gudeman , claim that Google discriminate against them for their conservative views , their manly grammatical gender , and their “ Caucasic race . ”
Googlefired Damore in AugustafterGizmodo published his memo . Google CEO Sundar Pichai said at the fourth dimension that parting of Damore ’s memoranda “ outrage our Code of Conduct and cross the origin by advancing harmful gender stereotype in our workplace . ”
After leaving Google , Damore became something of analt - right heroandspoke out on Twitterabout how “ coolheaded ” he find Ku Klux Klan titles like Grand Wizard . The alt - right community rallied around him in the viewing of his pink slip , calling for a boycottof the hunt behemoth .
“ Google employee who expressed views deviating from the majority view at Google on political study raised in the workplace and relevant to Google ’s employment policies and its stage business , such as ‘ variety ’ lease policies , ‘ bias sensitiveness , ’ or ‘ social justness , ’ were / are single out , ill-use , and consistently punished and terminate from Google , in violation of their legal right hand , ” the lawsuit take . “ Damore , Gudeman , and other class members were ostracized , belittled , and punished for their heterodox political views , and for the added sin of their giving birth circumstances of being Caucasians and/or males . ”
The suit also criminate Google of creating an “ ideologic replication chamber , ” borrowing a idiomatic expression directly from Damore ’s memoranda . Damore begin circulating early draft of the memo within Google in June , according to the case . In August , Damore put in the memo to an internal mailing list called “ Skeptics , ” and it began to disperse more widely throughout the company . After Gizmodo published the document , the causa claim that Google ’s HR representatives met with Damore and suggested he take it down from inner forum .
Damore was fire on August 7th for “ perpetuate gender stereotype , ” the lawsuit alleges .
Gudeman , Damore ’s Colorado - complainant , work as an engineer at Google for three year before being let go in 2016 . The cause claims that he left a comment on a document write by a female Google engineer in which Gudeman swear that snowy homo are “ victims of a racist and sexist political movement and it is not their fault . ”
The document he was responding to outlined how woman might be silenced or derail in the work . Gudeman wrote that the document resemble something “ hard worker owners would have written for their slaves to help them read how to interact with their masters . ”
“ Google HR stated that Gudeman had accused [ his co - worker ] of terrorism base on [ the Colorado - prole ] ’s religion , and this was unsufferable , ” the lawsuit suppose .
During a press conference today , Damore ’s lawyer Harmeet Dhillon described him as an idealistic employee who got need with Google ’s diversity feat because he was essay a publicity . Damore has been unable to find young engagement since he was fired , Dhillon said . Damore wait on the press conference , while Gudeman did not . Dhillon said that they are seeking other employees to unite their class action .
Google routinely discriminated against employee who have cautious eyeshot , Dhillion claimed , and employees circulated meme about punching Nazis and Trump protagonist .
“ Do n’t be malevolent , that ’s Google ’s motto . And yet there is nothing more vicious than enjoin people like James you want to plug them , ” Dhillon enunciate .
“ We seem fore to defending against Mr Damore ’s case in court,”a Google spokesperson said .
Updated 5:30 p.m. with extra information from the press conference and Google ’s instruction .
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