Google discloses 48 employees were fired for sexual harassment during past two years

[Admiral]

Only after media reports and they still paying one executive his $90 million package. Something is very wrong with how the rich take care of their people.

After media report, Google discloses 48 employees were fired for sexual harassment during past two years - The Globe and Mail

Google says it has fired 48 employees for sexual harassment during the past two years and sent them away without a severance package.
The surprise disclosure came Thursday in an e-mail Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent to employees after The New York Times reported that the company had dismissed the executive in charge of its Android software for sexual misconduct in 2014 and is still paying him a $90-million package.

A spokesman for Andy Rubin, the former Android executive, insisted he left on his own accord and has never been informed of any accusations of sexual misconduct. The spokesman says Rubin acknowledges having consensual sexual relationships that adhered to Google’s policies at that time.
Pichai’s e-mail said Google now has stricter policies in place.

Here is the dude.

Google gave Andy Rubin, the creator of Android mobile software, a hero’s farewell when he left the company in October 2014.
“I want to wish Andy all the best with what’s next,” Larry Page, Google’s then-chief executive, said in a public statement. “With Android he created something truly remarkable – with a billion-plus happy users.”

What Google did not make public was that an employee had accused Rubin of sexual misconduct. The woman, with whom Rubin had been having an extramarital relationship, said he coerced her into performing oral sex in a hotel room in 2013, according to two company executives with knowledge of the episode. Google investigated and concluded her claim was credible, said the people, who spoke on the condition they not be named, citing confidentiality agreements. Page asked for his resignation.

 

[Admiral]

Read on.

Google could have fired Rubin and paid him little to nothing on the way out. Instead, the company handed him a $90-million exit package, paid in installments of about $2-million a month for four years, said two people with knowledge of the terms. The last payment is scheduled for next month.

Rubin was one of three executives that Google protected over the past decade after they were accused of sexual misconduct. In two instances, it ousted senior executives, but softened the blow by paying them millions of dollars as they departed, even though it had no legal obligation to do so. In a third, the executive remained in a highly compensated post at the company. Each time Google stayed silent about the accusations against the men.

The New York Times obtained corporate and court documents and spoke to more than three dozen current and former Google executives and employees about the episodes, including some people directly involved in handling them. Most asked to remain anonymous because they were bound by confidentiality agreements or feared retribution for speaking out.

The transgressions varied in severity. Rubin’s case stood out for how much Google paid him and its silence on the circumstances of his departure.
Sam Singer, a spokesman for Rubin, disputed that Rubin had been told of any misconduct and said he left the company of his own accord.

“The New York Times story contains numerous inaccuracies about my employment at Google and wild exaggerations about my compensation,” Rubin said in a statement after the publication of this article. “Specifically, I never coerced a woman to have sex in a hotel room. These false allegations are part of a smear campaign by my ex-wife to disparage me during a divorce and custody battle.”

 

[Gassales]

More bad news for Google.

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[God]

Like most rich corporations they have their own club and no one gets in or allowed to see anything. Glad to hear the media was able to put a crack in their fortress.

 

[Butch]

What he said.

 

[Leo]

Are they walking out?.