Google Exec's Internal Email On Data Leak Policy Rattles Employees
The employee declined to provide BuzzFeed News with a copy of the letter, citing a warning in the email itself that the document is considered confidential information.
The warnings about data security follows other signs that Google is scrambling to control leaks; the company’s weekly all-staff meeting, known as TGIF, is no longer being recorded and made available to staff in perpetuity, and the executives who attend are no longer taking live questions from employees at the meeting, asIn addition, in recent weeks Google employees who were publicly involved in the November walkout over the mishandling of workplace sexual misconduct have gone public with claims...
Members of an internal Google email list dedicated to discussion about workplace organizing are concerned about their employer’s attempt to dissuade dissenters and crack down on leaks. “It’s such a clear retreat from the culture of internal openness and transparency which we used to be proud of,” said the anonymous employee. “It made me more convinced than ever that organizing ourselves as workers is essential, both for our own protection and to make Google the kind of company that we want to work for.”Caroline O'Donovan is a senior technology reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in San Francisco.
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