“We, Google employees and contractors, will walkout on November 1, 2018 at 11:10 AM to demand five changes” this is a statement that caught the attention of all the people around the globe. Google is a big giant of technology, who does not, wants to be a part of its team, but on Thursday morning a wave of protests took place against the response of the company to the sexual harassment and about workplace inequality.
Google staff walkout: Hundreds of staff at Google offices around the world walked out in protest at sexual harassment and unequal pay for women. Thousands of Google employees walked off to protest the company’s response to sexual harassment. #Google #GoogleWalkout #Gethfeed pic.twitter.com/Qq4B37gEwY
— GethFeed (@gethfeed) November 2, 2018
Thousands of Google employees around the world walk out from work in protest against sexual harassment, gender inequality and systemic racism at the tech giant pic.twitter.com/B0sWPNMEeO
— TRT World (@trtworld) November 2, 2018
Google staff walk out of London and Dublin offices in global protest against harassment and inequality https://t.co/636SDmVYv2 pic.twitter.com/xtdtKwSc7M
— Mashable (@mashable) November 1, 2018
San Francisco Google employees walk out in protest of sexual harassment https://t.co/FDXkZZoPg4 pic.twitter.com/ZoS2NEqyWe
— Mashable (@mashable) November 1, 2018
These are 5 demands Google employees have as they walk out today in protest. pic.twitter.com/xYdxzY2KQX
— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 1, 2018
Aerial footage shows Google employees walking out of Silicon Valley offices in protest of company’s handling of sexual harassment allegations against execs.
Employees staged similar walkouts at offices around the world, including London, Tokyo and NYC. https://t.co/V5nioVoDV4 pic.twitter.com/tEYi6XqKhi
— ABC News (@ABC) November 2, 2018
.@Google employees in New York City are participating in a worldwide #GoogleWalkOut to protest the company’s lenient treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct. Employees in #MountainView will also walk out at 11:10 a.m. https://t.co/2svNfFOIwJ pic.twitter.com/UcXQOYN4DY
— Kiki 🕷️🕸️ Intarasuwan (@kintarasu) November 1, 2018
The fire of the protest ignited within the year 2014, Google gave Andy Rubin, the then senior vice president 90 Million Dollars as an exit package after he was accused of sexual harassment.
1000s of Google employees across the world walked out of their offices in protest – after news broke that Andy Rubin, who had been accused of sexual harassment, was given a $90M exit package. #GoogleWalkout #SexualHarassment pic.twitter.com/riljF7NKB6
— Rahul Aripaka (@rahul_aripaka) November 2, 2018
“Google employees will walk out on Thursday to protest company’s handling of sexual misconduct” — A civil resistance model that needs to be replicated in India on failure by companies to address SH at the workplace #Metoo https://t.co/VK3CHyPhIz
— #MeTooIndia (@IndiaMeToo) October 30, 2018
‘How much did Andy Rubin’s “victim” get if he got 90 million dollars??? Enough is enough’: Google workers in San Francisco, Mountain View, Sunnyvale walk out in protest of treatment of women – KGO-TV https://t.co/j32VJ3tOu9 via @GoogleNews
— pauli coffey (@realstpauligirl) November 2, 2018
An hour later, after the Chief Executive Officer of Google, Sunder Pichai at a New York Times conference said that he was taking the notes on the concrete steps for the improvement of the company’s culture and HR procedures.
Google employees walk out to protest office harassment across the world. CEO Sunder Pichai supports employee walkout in the wake of report on sexual misconduct. Times are changing fast & this times, for GOOD !! #Googlewalkout #timeischanging # #ceos
— Sumit Kaul (@sumitkaulss) November 1, 2018
Google staff walk out over women’s treatment -. It’s not #MeeToo India , It’s ” I Walked out for real change ” around’ the world Google office employees staged unprecedented walk out by all who support it. It’s CEO Sunder Pichai supporting it.
https://t.co/mRypfyHKFc— krishna melkaveri (@mnkrishna) November 1, 2018