TECH - Sundar Pichai Announces Restructure After Google Fires Protesting Employees: 'Too Important A Moment As A Company To Be Distracted' | Benzinga
Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) CEO, Sundar Pichai, expressed the necessity for Google to uphold its open culture while also adhering to workplace rules. His comment came after 28 Google employees were fired for protesting against the company’s cloud deal with Israel.
What Happened: Pichai emphasized the need for focus, collaboration, and respectful disagreements within the company, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
In an email, Pichai announced a restructuring of Google’s devices and mobile software divisions, asserting that Google is not a platform for disruptive debates or political disputes.
He stated, “This is too important a moment as a company for us to be distracted.”
Despite the claims from the dismissed employees that not all of them were directly ...