- An anti-diversity manifesto from a member of Google HQ has been leaked online
- The unnamed engineer suggested that there were ‘biological causes’ for underrepresentation of women in technology and leadership
- It claims women are underrepresented because they are interested in ‘people’
- The 10-page document stoked a heated debate over treatment of women in the male-dominated Silicon Valley
- Two Google executives have since criticized the memo that started circulating late last week at the company
- A Google employee reportedly said the memo had gone ‘internally viral’
- Internet giant Google has been accused by one of its own employees of ‘alienating conservatives’ with its politically correct left-wing bias.
- A senior software engineer at the company claimed in a document that was distributed to colleagues that right-wing employees were forced to keep their views ‘in the closet’ to avoid hostility.
- The unnamed employee’s outburst also triggered a gender row as he suggested ‘biological causes’ and ‘neuroticism’ were responsible for the lack of women in top tech jobs.
- His arguments that men have a higher drive for status and women are ‘more prone to anxiety’ triggered an angry backlash on social media with demands for the author to be fired.
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