An internal document has caused some outrage at Google. One senior engineer said in their email that any pay gap was the result of biological differences. Some employees have threatened resignation.
A document has reportedly been spreading around Google in recent days. It has only been shared internally at the moment but several employees have shed light on the contents; and apparently, there’s misogyny involved. According to one employee, the document was met with widespread derision but managed to gain partial traction as well.
The employee who wrote the document argued that the reason for the pay gap was due to biological reasons. They also said that Google should foster “ideological diversity”, saying that Google shouldn’t offer programmes for racial or gender minorities.
An employee, who wished to remain anonymous, told Motherboard that:
The incident comes at a sensitive time for Google. It’s currently being investigated by the Department of Labor over a gender pay gap. The Department of Labor has previously said that there’s “systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce” and that there’s “compelling evidence of very significant discrimination against women in most common positions at Google headquarters.”
Several of those who see themselves as targets of the senior software engineer have threatened to leave the company if it doesn’t rectify the problem. How Google handles the situation will be quite important; as the saying goes: standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Source: Motherboard
