Google Employees Walk Out in Protest of Company’s Reported Cover-Up of Sexual Misconduct

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Aaron Bandler

November 1, 2018

Google employees stage a “women’s walkout” at their Googleplex offices in protest over the company’s handling of a large payout to Android chief Andy Rubin as well as concerns over several other managers who had allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct at the company in Mountain View, California, U.S., November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

Thousands of Google employees staged a global walkout on Thursday to protest the tech giant’s reported cover-up of sexual misconduct among its executives.

The New York Times reported on Oct. 25 that Google protected three executives from credible accusations of sexual misconduct, which included negotiating buyouts worth millions of dollars from the company. Google has denied any wrongdoing.

The “Google Walkout” protests have occurred in locations ranging from Mountain View, CA – where Google’s headquarters are – to Tokyo, New York and Berlin.

Here are some photos of the protests:

Grateful to stand in solidarity with @Google Boulder #googlewalkout pic.twitter.com/vbwvhC2l68

— Sanette Tanaka Sloan (@ssktanaka) November 1, 2018

https://twitter.com/heatherkelly/status/1058059867796103168

Their demands are as follows:

https://twitter.com/ktbenner/status/1058003999956365312

Sandar Pichai, Google’s CEO, expressed support for the walkouts.

“Employees have raised constructive ideas for how we can improve our policies and our processes going forward,” Pichai said in a statement. “We are taking in all their feedback so we can turn these ideas into action.”