Ex-Google worker elaborates on claims about executive Drummond


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 29 Aug 2019

A file photo of workers leaving Google's Mountain View, California, main quad after some Google employees walked off the job in a protest against what they said is the tech company's mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against executives. Blakely's story could provide more fuel for activists and employees who say the Internet-search giant still hasn’t done enough to overhaul a culture in which powerful men were protected even when accused of inappropriate conduct. — AP

A former Google employee elaborated on previous allegations about her relationship with a powerful executive at Google parent Alphabet Inc, saying that she was forced out of the company and that he refused to help raise their child.

Jennifer Blakely, who worked in Google’s legal department, posted a detailed account of her involvement with Alphabet chief legal officer David Drummond, claiming he broke company rules about workplace relationships and declined to pay child support for several years after abandoning her and the son they had while they were together.

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