Google has had enough with workplace activism?

[HarleyDog]

(04-25-2024, 08:49 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: More likely is that the one's who lost their jobs *consider themselves martyrs to the cause*, sucks to be them as who is going to see them as valuable employees now.

Worse yet, they are now victims, as they will see it. Victims for standing up for what they believe in.

(04-29-2024, 01:08 AM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Blooming idiots.

“To reiterate, every single one of those whose employment was terminated was personally and definitively involved in disruptive activity inside our buildings. We carefully confirmed and reconfirmed this,” the Google spokesperson said.

Do what you want on your own time, at work if you have objections, take it up with the boss in an email/petition etc but don't do stupid sit-ins and refuse to work. You are paid to work not protest. Besides the sit-ins and so forth make for a hostile environment so that the companies can be sued. So another reason to say "bye".

HR is a nightmare. Trying to maintain an atmosphere where ALL workers respect one another is a difficult task. Googles actions are not so much unsupportive to anyone. They are in a catch 22. So, what do you do in this case? Eliminate the problem so you can return to a balanced workforce (which in not so many words, is the law).

(04-29-2024, 09:58 AM)Dill Wrote: The bolded is the scary part. Corporations are really good at that too.

The frightening thing is how fast people adopt the corporate viewpoint in these conflicts
involving labor and politics.

People get in place quickly behind the boss.

No, they don't. People want to work without all the chaos. Letting a few characters disrupt the workplace and make people uncomfortable is not good for the other employees. I guarantee that 100% of the company's employees don't agree with the protest message. This is pretty simple really when you think about it. Any fewer actions from Google could have created lawsuits for promoting a hostile workplace. It's not people taking the corporation's side. Google is doing the right thing for their employees and business, and also because a few thousand protestors across the college, and the few employees, don't speak for the rest of the country or company..