Hundreds of Google employees have signed and circulated a manifesto calling on the Big Tech giant to retract its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Google has asked its more than 150,000 US employees to report their vaccination status to the company by Dec. 3 whether they plan to work in the office or not, CNBC reported, citing internal company documents. And all Google employees who work either directly or indirectly with government contractors are required to be… Source link
Read More »Several hundred Google employees sign manifesto against vaccination mandate
Several hundred Google employees have signed and circulated a manifesto opposing the company’s vaccination mandate, posing the latest challenge for leadership as it approaches key deadlines for returning workers to offices in person. The Biden administration has ordered U.S. companies with 100 or more workers to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated or regularly tested for Covid-19 by Jan. 4. In response, Google has asked its more than 150,000 employees to upload their vaccination… Source link
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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google Anindito Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Several hundred Google employees have signed and circulated a manifesto opposing the company’s vaccine mandate, posing the latest challenge for leadership as it approaches key deadlines for returning workers to offices in person. The Biden administration has ordered U.S. companies with 100 or more workers to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated or regularly tested for Covid-19 by Jan. 4. In response, Google has… Source link
Read More »Google executive steps down after offensive manifesto about antisemitic past
Google parted ways with a cloud services executive after he published a LinkedIn manifesto about Israeli-Palestinian relations and his vehemently antisemitic past. CNBC reports that Google faced internal criticism over Amr Awadallah, VP of developer relations at Google Cloud. While Awadallah said he published the piece to promote tolerance and understanding, employees objected to how Awadallah described Jews and expressed concerns about his past beliefs. Awadallah began the June 13th post… Source link
Read More »Google separates with Cloud VP after employees complain about manifesto
Google Cloud headquarters sits in Sunnyvale, California. Google Cloud Google has parted ways with its VP of developer relations for Google Cloud after a contentious all-hands meeting. “I wanted to share that today is Amr Awadallah’s last day at Google,” wrote Vice President of Engineering & Product for Google Cloud Eyal Manor in an email to staff Thursday evening and viewed by CNBC. “Effective immediately, the Cloud DevRel organization will report into Ben Jackson, who will report into Pali… Source link
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