Office policies: A man walks past Google’s office in Massachusetts. Google says it has strong policies against retaliation, harassment and discrimination in the workplace. — Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO: The engineer who was fired by Google - after he criticised the company’s diversity policies for ignoring differences between the sexes - hired civil rights lawyer Harmeet Dhillon, who was widely reported months ago to be a contender for a top job in the US Justice Department.
Dhillon confirmed on Wednesday that she’s representing James Damore, who has said he planned to sue his ex-employer over his firing. He set off a firestorm this month with a 10-page memo blasting Google’s “left bias” for creating a “politically correct monoculture.”
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