Google temp, fired for being ‘ungoogley’, files complaint


Carne, 29, worked to maintain the equipment at a Google site in South Carolina. Google fills many of these roles with contract firms such as Modis, a unit of Adecco Group AG. — Reuters

Tuesday Carne had only worked inside a Google data centre for nine days before she was allegedly fired for being “ungoogley”.

Now the temp worker is at the centre of a new complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board against her employer, Modis, and Alphabet Inc’s Google, marking another workplace dispute for the world’s third-biggest company by market value.

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