London-based Google staff have walked out over claims of sexual harassment, gender inequality and systemic racism that “go all the way to the top”.
The protest comes following allegations made against a senior executive, which organisers say are the most high-profile examples of “thousands” of similar cases across the company.
Reports suggest that the majority of employees filled the main auditorium in the firm’s King’s Cross Office once they left their desks.
The auditorium was so full that staff had to gather outside, forming their own contingent outside the company’s AI subsidiary, DeepMind.
Last week a New York Times story detailed allegations of sexual misconduct against the creator ofAndroid software, Andy Rubin.
The report said Rubin received a $90m severance package in 2014, even though Google thought the allegations were credible.
“As Google workers, we were disgusted by the details of the recent New York Times article, which provided the latest example of a culture of complicity, dismissiveness, and support for perpetrators in the face of sexual harassment, misconduct, and abuse of power,” organisers said in a press release.
Employees are also campaigning for gender-equal pay at Google.
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London-based Google staff have walked out over claims of sexual harassment, gender inequality and systemic racism that “go all the way to the top”.
The protest comes following allegations made against a senior executive, which organisers say are the most high-profile examples of “thousands” of similar cases across the company.
Reports suggest that the majority of employees filled the main auditorium in the firm’s King’s Cross Office once they left their desks.
The auditorium was so full that staff had to gather outside, forming their own contingent outside the company’s AI subsidiary, DeepMind.
Last week a New York Times story detailed allegations of sexual misconduct against the creator ofAndroid software, Andy Rubin.
The report said Rubin received a $90m severance package in 2014, even though Google thought the allegations were credible.
“As Google workers, we were disgusted by the details of the recent New York Times article, which provided the latest example of a culture of complicity, dismissiveness, and support for perpetrators in the face of sexual harassment, misconduct, and abuse of power,” organisers said in a press release.
Employees are also campaigning for gender-equal pay at Google.
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