Labor Board Rules Google’s Firing of James Damore Was Legal

Google released the former senior software engineer last August after he wrote a ten-page memo arguing that biological differences between men and women accounted for the gender disparity in software engineering. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a875cd3263579570b6bfc77/master/pass/JamesDamore-15043053.jpg

Google’s firing of memo writer James Damore struck a nerve in Silicon Valley

AP Photo/Eric Risberg SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Silicon Valley culture war pitting liberal-leaning tech firms against a small conservative cohort took on new intensity on Tuesday after Google fired a male engineer for a memo that decried the company’s commitment to hiring women. Memo author James Damore, 28, received jeers, cheers and a couple […]