STATEMENT from Google workers with the No Tech for Apartheid campaign on Google’s mass, retaliatory… (web.archive.org)
from lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 18 Apr 2024 12:31
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pop@lemmy.ml on 18 Apr 2024 12:48 next collapse

Google values its $1.2 billion contract with the genocidal Israeli government and military more than its own workers

umm, of course? Google is evil, when it comes to making money. They’re an US company after all and US is no stranger to killing innocents for profit.

The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree.

velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml on 18 Apr 2024 12:57 next collapse

Google will be getting sued soon, I’m assuming? They can’t just fire people, can they?

lemmyreader@lemmy.ml on 18 Apr 2024 13:06 next collapse

Seriously ? Google just continues firing employees. And remember Elon Musk taking over Twitter and firing a considerable amount of employees ? They likely will get away with all of that, for free or paying a small fine or settle a case.

web.archive.org/…/google-fires-employee-who-prote…

And let’s insert a quote I just read on Mastodon :

I quote a great jewish thinker on far-right politics:

”When you look in the fascist mirror, you do not see a monster there. You see beauty, and it tells you are special, exceptional, part of the most important people on earth. It is the others who are the problem”

ulkesh@beehaw.org on 19 Apr 2024 06:48 collapse

Yet it’s worse than fascism. It’s oligarchy + fascism. People have money tied to it which leads them to double down on all of it.

These workers were fired simply because it could hurt the stock price. And since the US has subpar labor laws, and half the voting populace who seem quite happy with fascism, the country is quite screwed.

cbarrick@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 2024 14:47 next collapse

It’s the USA.

Yes, they can just fire people.

Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml on 18 Apr 2024 16:59 next collapse

Political affiliation is not a protected class, nor should it be.

a1studmuffin@aussie.zone on 19 Apr 2024 00:32 collapse

The US has absolutely atrocious employment laws, so yes they can: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment

cbarrick@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 2024 00:35 collapse

In the case of Google, the trade off is compensation.

You can work for for Google in NYC and make $300k+ per year, or work for Google in London and make half as much at best.

Son_of_dad@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 2024 17:06 collapse

Google employees suddenly grow a conscience when it’s their cause