Tomorrow’s headline: Google announces layoff of 1000 employees.
The I learned the hard way years ago that that the one thing the company doesn’t want is a loud employee. It doesn’t matter what the issue is, who it’s about, if I can get the company in trouble or put some in an awkward position they don’t want you.
That’s why HR is such a dangerous place to go, they’re not looking out for you, they’re looking out for the company. By going to HR at all. You just prove that you are someone who can and will speak out, which is bad for the company. Whether that’s complaining about a co-worker or something the company is doing, it doesn’t matter, it shades you in a negative light because you are willing to speak out
Part of the reason you organize is so you don’t become complicit in authoritarian violence enacted by your workplace and find out only too late you are powerless to stop it alone without a union.
“Due to budget cuts and the outlook on bond markets, we have decided to downsize resources by 900.” - google, probably
Does anyone know how the 2019 NLRB probe for basically this (firing folks raising ethical concerns) has progressed/concluded?
Google employs 183,323 full-time employees. This means that nearly 0.5% of their workforce signed the letter. That’s barely enough to count as a blip to google. What kind of world is this?
STRIKE ALREADY
