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> At least Google employees will sign petitions and do things that follow a moral code.

It hardly matters what employees think anymore when the executives are weather-vanes who point in the direction of wealth and power over all else (just like the executives at their competitors).

In case you missed it, a few days back Google asked all employees who don't believe in their "mission" to voluntarily resign.

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That's not at all what happened. One of Google's division offered a "voluntary exit" in lieu of or in addition to an upcoming layoff, and the email announcing it suggested that it could be a good option for some folks, for example people struggling or for folks who didn't like Google's direction.

That is not the same thing as asking everyone who doesn't believe in the mission to please resign.

Now that their direction has done a 180 it is pretty much telling everyone with seniority to just quit.

> for folks who didn't like Google's direction

Which rhymes pretty well with not believing in their mission. They are telling people to leave instead of trying to influence the direction from the inside.

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