Popular Post Spartan Posted April 23 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 23 Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, bringing the total number of terminated staff to more than 50, a group representing the workers said. It’s the latest sign of internal turmoil at the tech giant centered on “Project Nimbus,” a $1.2 billion contract signed in 2021 for Google and Amazon to provide the Israeli government with cloud computing and artificial intelligence services. Workers held sit-in protests last week at Google offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California. The company responded by calling the police, who made arrests. The group organizing the protests, No Tech For Apartheid, said the company fired 30 workers last week — higher than the initial 28 they had announced. Then, on Tuesday night, Google fired “over 20” more staffers, “including non-participating bystanders during last week’s protests,” said Jane Chung, a spokeswoman for No Tech For Apartheid, without providing a more specific number. “Google’s aims are clear: the corporation is attempting to quash dissent, silence its workers, and reassert its power over them,” Chung said in a press release. “In its attempts to do so, Google has decided to unceremoniously, and without due process, upend the livelihoods of over 50 of its own workers.” Google said it fired the additional workers after its investigation gathered details from coworkers who were “physically disrupted” and it identified employees who used masks and didn’t carry their staff badges to hide their identities. It didn’t specify how many were fired. The company disputed the group’s claims, saying that it carefully confirmed that “every single one of those whose employment was terminated was personally and definitively involved in disruptive activity inside our buildings.” The Mountain View, California, company had previously signaled that more people could be fired, with CEO Sundar Pichai indicati ng in a blog post that employees would be on a short leash as the company intensifies its efforts to improve its AI technology. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon_Walker Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 Whats with Sundar? Doesn't he have anything better to do apart form laying off workers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chammakchandra Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 13 minutes ago, Spartan said: Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, bringing the total number of terminated staff to more than 50, a group representing the workers said. It’s the latest sign of internal turmoil at the tech giant centered on “Project Nimbus,” a $1.2 billion contract signed in 2021 for Google and Amazon to provide the Israeli government with cloud computing and artificial intelligence services. Workers held sit-in protests last week at Google offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California. The company responded by calling the police, who made arrests. The group organizing the protests, No Tech For Apartheid, said the company fired 30 workers last week — higher than the initial 28 they had announced. Then, on Tuesday night, Google fired “over 20” more staffers, “including non-participating bystanders during last week’s protests,” said Jane Chung, a spokeswoman for No Tech For Apartheid, without providing a more specific number. “Google’s aims are clear: the corporation is attempting to quash dissent, silence its workers, and reassert its power over them,” Chung said in a press release. “In its attempts to do so, Google has decided to unceremoniously, and without due process, upend the livelihoods of over 50 of its own workers.” Google said it fired the additional workers after its investigation gathered details from coworkers who were “physically disrupted” and it identified employees who used masks and didn’t carry their staff badges to hide their identities. It didn’t specify how many were fired. The company disputed the group’s claims, saying that it carefully confirmed that “every single one of those whose employment was terminated was personally and definitively involved in disruptive activity inside our buildings.” The Mountain View, California, company had previously signaled that more people could be fired, with CEO Sundar Pichai indicati ng in a blog post that employees would be on a short leash as the company intensifies its efforts to improve its AI technology. Good, that’s how they should be handled. It’s time to handle protests at univs to be handle the same way! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papampasivadu Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 23 hours ago, Moon_Walker said: Whats with Sundar? Doesn't he have anything better to do apart form laying off workers. he's paid to care about profits...employees aathcare antaaru investors.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thokkalee Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 On 4/23/2024 at 1:34 PM, Moon_Walker said: Whats with Sundar? Doesn't he have anything better to do apart form laying off workers. Employees cannot dictate the company on how to do business or which tech to use.. they can negotiate on their benefits though.. if they think they can dictate the terms of business, they are wrong.. Imagine workers at Lockheed Martin or General dynamics protesting and asking the company to stop producing weapons.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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