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But X is not google though. Google is everywhere. gmail, play store etc. No boycott for these apps?
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Google fires 20 more workers after firing 28 staff members initially for their protests against cloud contract with Israel [Update on post#139]
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Also these sacked employees have an option to open new software company to do business only with Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia etc.
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Just to tease Israel n Google
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I predict that Google's downfall will start from this idiocrasy.
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Google has been in downward spiral since OpenAI, this if anything gives it some cash to go on and make some money from cloud where they are distant 3rd inspite of having a better product than first 2(personal opinion).
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Which are top 2?
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AWS and Azure. GCP has worst customer support
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In my opinion google has just overreacted on this issue
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Sure, tolerate a bunch of people (as. well meaning as they might be) throwing a toddler like tantrum in the bosses office should be excused.
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Google i still vastly profitable because of its search/ ad revenue model. LLM's have been degrading over time. Maybe GPt-5 can fix this.
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Coming here after the layoff news, spineless, Pichai might be the richest CEO non founder but he cannot hold a candle to Satya Nadella.
Proving once again why Satya Nadela is the only exception of a great Indian CEO who is not a founder.
Proving once again why Satya Nadela is the only exception of a great Indian CEO who is not a founder.
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Google also has a history of killing their own products. There is a twitter handle whose sole purpose is to catalog products killed by google.
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Yeah i know about them, killed by google, google graveyard
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Who can forget Orkut lol. I think it was owned by Google too or had some affiliation to it.
Satya is a no nonsense guy. He knows how to handle issues unlike Pichai who is soft and a bit Woke. Good to see Sundar growing a spine and not to mix business with politics.
No one was holding those employees forcibly to work at Google. They can always leave if they don't like the company for whatever reason.
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I’m talking about the Python and Flutter Layoffs.
His plan is to become the richest CEO non founder clearly.
Nadella is also an innovator, he knows how to balance Enterprise and Consumer softwares, Azure Open AI all his big bets have paid off and Activision will as well.
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Former Google workers fired for protesting Israel deal file complaint claiming protected speech
Dozens of former Google workers filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday after they were fired or placed on administrative leave last month for protesting the company’s cloud-computing contract with Israel’s government.
The complaint accuses Google of retaliating against the workers for their “protected concerted activity, namely, participation (or perceived participation) in a peaceful, non-disruptive protest that was directly and explicitly connected to their terms and conditions of work.”
The workers are seeking reinstatement of their jobs and back pay, according to No Tech for Apartheid, a group made up in part by Google and Amazon workers that organized last month’s protest.
A Google spokesperson said in a statement that the protests were “a very clear case of employees disrupting and occupying work spaces, and making other employees feel threatened and unsafe.”
“By any standard, their behavior was completely unacceptable – and widely seen as such,” the spokesperson said. “We carefully confirmed and reconfirmed that every single person whose employment was terminated was directly and definitively involved in disruption inside our buildings. We are confident in our position and stand by the actions we’ve taken.”
Dozens of former Google workers filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday after they were fired or placed on administrative leave last month for protesting the company’s cloud-computing contract with Israel’s government.
The complaint accuses Google of retaliating against the workers for their “protected concerted activity, namely, participation (or perceived participation) in a peaceful, non-disruptive protest that was directly and explicitly connected to their terms and conditions of work.”
The workers are seeking reinstatement of their jobs and back pay, according to No Tech for Apartheid, a group made up in part by Google and Amazon workers that organized last month’s protest.
A Google spokesperson said in a statement that the protests were “a very clear case of employees disrupting and occupying work spaces, and making other employees feel threatened and unsafe.”
“By any standard, their behavior was completely unacceptable – and widely seen as such,” the spokesperson said. “We carefully confirmed and reconfirmed that every single person whose employment was terminated was directly and definitively involved in disruption inside our buildings. We are confident in our position and stand by the actions we’ve taken.”
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While their own careers might be made more difficult in the US, they have performed a service by bringing the world's attention to Google's insidious links to the Israeli military machine which has been accused of genocide in Gaza. We should applaud their selfless sacrifice to bringing light on this nefarious partnership.
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The funniest part is seeing people posting on social media on how they have boycotted Coke and Pepsi due to their pro Israel stance and they are also criticizing Google.
They are performing this great service for the ummah using their……Android phones.
They are performing this great service for the ummah using their……Android phones.
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They are US taxpayers so they already have blood on their hands. The only way they can redeem themselves is by cancelling their US citizenship which of course cannot happen.
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Google did the right thing. As an employee, you have to abide by the rule of the organization. It is not rocket science.
Surely, these self-appointed white knights would have been aware of Google policies.
It must have been listed on the contract that they signed and if they were smart, they would have read the contract and we can assume that they are smart because you can’t be dumb and work for Google.
They decided to challenge the regulations and therefore, they must bear the consequences.
Surely, these self-appointed white knights would have been aware of Google policies.
It must have been listed on the contract that they signed and if they were smart, they would have read the contract and we can assume that they are smart because you can’t be dumb and work for Google.
They decided to challenge the regulations and therefore, they must bear the consequences.
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They would rather boycott things that does not effect their life.The funniest part is seeing people posting on social media on how they have boycotted Coke and Pepsi due to their pro Israel stance and they are also criticizing Google.
They are performing this great service for the ummah using their……Android phones.
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You are correct, but that is their business not mine. I am only applauding their shedding light on Google being aligned with a regime which is accused of committing genocide in the middle east. This has infuriated the pro israel and their supporters in their evil designs so I have no problem applauding the actions regardless of taxation or other consideration.
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At the end of the day, Google is a corporation, a business and they are answerable to their stakeholders not their employees. I dont agree with the decision, but I see why fired them.
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Yes they are perfectly entitled to fire whomever they please. But individuals are also entitled to protest in a peacable manner against the company aligning with a regime which is committing genocide. After that what punitive measures Google wishes to take against it's conscienscous employees is totally their choice, no one can argue it.
Nope employees are not entitled to protest in any manner in the office. It is clealry mentioned in the offer letter that states any political posturing is not permitted. If they don't like the policies of the company, they are free to leave.
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Google employees often protest military products via internal debates and petitions. This is well known to anybody who works there or is involved in the industry. Company cultures and policies are shaped by employee opinion, and this is a fact in most professional workplaces.
You can argue that physically disrupting work is crossing the line but its not correct to say people should just leave companies they don't like. They should attempt to make their voices heard and to shape the company culture.
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Or they can carry out a peaceful demonstration to signal their opinion and be sacked. I am not criticising Google for siding with the genocidal Israelis, they are a private company and that is their business. I am only giving credit to the brave employees who risked their jobs to expose the evil alliance.
Such arguments tread perilously close to the realm of fallacy, akin to rhetoric one might expect from a theologian steeped in the teachings of a specific institution, such as the renowned Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman's.The funniest part is seeing people posting on social media on how they have boycotted Coke and Pepsi due to their pro Israel stance and they are also criticizing Google.
They are performing this great service for the ummah using their……Android phones.
The act of protest carries inherent symbolism, a concept that I presume most individuals are cognizant of.
The notion of relinquishing citizenship solely due to governmental complicity in genocide appears to be a specious, almost frivolous contention akin to trolling, devoid of logical coherence. The most efficacious avenue for effecting change remains through the exercise of electoral franchise.
Consider the hypothetical scenario wherein all Pakistani nationals residing abroad were to renounce their citizenship and relocate to Pakistan, leveraging their collective electoral power to oust corrupt politicians perpetuating a legacy of familial corruption. Alternatively, it behooves overseas Pakistanis and Muslims to remain in Western nations, utilizing their democratic prerogatives to exert pressure on governments and enlighten fellow citizens through the technological advancements fostered by Western institutions. While this approach has proven effective in diversifying the narrative beyond the confines of Western governments, regrettably, it has not yet succeeded in halting the ongoing genocide.
