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> I'm curious what their continued involvement will look like. Page and Brin, combined, are currently the majority shareholders of alphabet. Each controls 27%
by s1k3b8 7y ago
> I'm curious what their continued involvement will look like.
Page and Brin, combined, are currently the majority shareholders of alphabet. Each controls 27% of the voting power ( 54% combined ). They are still in charge. They just won't be involved in the day-to-day operation of the company. Sundar will still report to Page/Brin and the board of directors.
- casefields 7y agoHonestly, there’s so much drama and turmoil there, I wouldn’t want to be there either. So many other productive things they could be doing.
- dfsegoat 7y agoCare to elaborate for the uninitiated ?
- goosehonk 7y agoGenerally: Founders: Bring your whole selves to work. Employees: great! That one guy: what a relief, because I’m literally a Nazi. Everybody: no. Leave that part at home. Guy: my rights are being trampled by a liberal conspiracy! Other person: my gender expression is the most important aspect of large-scale software development. Anyone who disagrees must be fired. Everyone: that doesn’t seem all that relevant, actually. Person: my rights are being trampled by a cis conspiracy! Everyone: rolling eyes
- greesil 7y agoWhy is this being downvoted? Now it's flagged. This is ridiculous.
- Sohcahtoa82 7y agoBecause it's an extremely dishonest take on a highly political issue.
- greesil 7y agoIsn't the more appropriate response to respond to the comment rather than downvote it? It doesn't seem to be a personal attack, or some other violation of the community guidelines.
- goosehonk 7y agoI know my account is the one in green, but: you must be new here.
- Sohcahtoa82 7y agoI'm not a moderator, but IMO, it was absolutely a violation of community guidelines. It was incredibly snarky, flamebaity, and was obviously written to start a political battle. The fact that it got flagged shows I'm definitely not alone in this thinking.
- goosehonk 7y agoI'm just giving you the straight dope on a few aspects of the organizational disaster that is google. The fact that you think it's incredible etc just shows what a basket case this company is.
- jhanschoo 7y agoIf you want to give "straight dope" on a controversial issue, you don't do it by caricature without evidence. Instead you present incontrovertible evidence that proves your point.
- jeremyfranco 7y agoEvidence wasn't hard to find though... https://www.wired.com/story/the-dirty-war-over-diversity-inside-google/ https://www.wired.com/story/the-dirty-war-over-diversity-ins...
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- libria 7y agoI think burying a comment may lend it some validity. Critiquing it is a better method of understanding or correcting it. Here's a censored version: Founders: Bring your whole selves to work. Employees: great! That one guy: what a relief, because I’m literally an unpopular-party member. Everybody: no. Leave that part at home. Guy: my rights are being trampled by a popular-party conspiracy! Other person: my unique identity is the most important aspect of large-scale software development. Anyone who disagrees must be fired. Everyone: that doesn’t seem all that relevant, actually. Person: my rights are being trampled by a majority identity conspiracy! Everyone: frustration