INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Days after a New York Times investigation revealed Google gave Android creator Andy Rubin a $90 million exit package despite multiple
relationships with other Google staffers and accusations of sexual misconduct, some 200 employees at the search giant are planning a
walkout, per BuzzFeed News.
We&ve reached out to Google for comment.
The walkout, or &women walk,& as it been referred to in internal
company forums, is planned for Thursday.
Following the NYT report, Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichaiand its vice president of
people operations Eileen Naughton co-signed a companymemoadmitting that 48 people had been terminated at the company for sexual harassment
in the past two years, 13 of which held a senior management position or higher
None of them, accordingto the memo, received an exit package.
&Today story in the New York Times was difficult to read,& they wrote
&We are dead serious about making sure we provide a safe and inclusive workplace
We want to assure you that we review every single complaint about sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct, we investigate and we take
action.&
Rubin left Google in 2014 after an internal investigation found accusations of sexual misconduct against him to be credible
The details of his exit, however, were never disclosed
It wasn&t until The Information published its own bombshell report on Rubin wrongdoings last fall that details of his history of sexual
harassment began to emerge
In the wake of The Information story, Rubin took a leave of absence from Essential to &deal with personal matters.&
After leaving Google,
Rubin went on to found Essential Products, a smartphone company that raised heaps of venture capital fundingonly to cancel development of
its next phone, lay off 30 percent of its staff and reportedly put itself up for sale.
Andy Rubin takes leave from Essential, as reports of
an improper relationship at Google surface
In a tweet last week, Rubin claimed NYT story contained&numerous inaccuracies.&
&Specifically, I
never coerced a woman to have sex in a hotel room
These false allegations are part of a smear campaignto disparage me during a divorce and custody battle
Also, I am deeply troubled that anonymous Google executives are commenting about my personnel file and misrepresenting the facts,& he
