The perils of protesting at work: Google fires 28 employees after protests

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Published 2024-04-18
Jason Greer, Greer Consulting founder and president, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss news of Google firing 28 employees after a series of protests over the company's contract to provide thet Israeli government and military with cloud computing and AI services, the perils of protesting at work, how companies can best navigate protesting in the workplace, and more.

All Comments (21)
  • @GG-jm6kk
    Googol works for its shareholders not politics , work elsewhere.
  • @lat1502
    I work for "Krispy Kreme Donuts". I just realized that donuts aren't healthy. I'm going to work tomorrow and disrupt all my workers around me and demand that krispy Kreme sell only Donuts made of oats with no sugar or butter.
  • @bizy05
    If you don’t like a company, QUIT!!!!
  • @JxLx2022
    He would 100% hire them??..... what does a company stand for? I think their primary goal is to make money??? where did they get this guy..??? yiiikes..
  • @backergm
    This guest is full of it, protests in your business and you absolutely will not talk nonsense.
  • @hughjones6501
    You get paid to work not protest at work take the day off and protest on your own time. This guys an idiot for saying he would hire them
  • @CoolWaterWarm
    Good. Keep politics out of work time. You are being paid to work, not to protest.
  • @menakrone4631
    Protesters need to grow up, you children. They get too much paid.
  • @strwind
    If they have time to protest, they don’t have enough work to do.
  • “We work for the world”? What the hell does that mean? They worked for Google and Google has policies against what they did. They have every right to protest on their own time, but not on Googles times in Google owned workspace, full stop.
  • Bringing politics into the work-place is a real quick way to tank productivity.
  • Absolutely fired, and would not hire! This is America, if you want to protest for whatever cause, do it in on your own dime outside of the work place.
  • HOlding the company accountable ? who the hell are you ? If you don't like what your company stands for, QUIT
  • @carolkrone3610
    Why let your employees tell you who you can sell to? Without customers you've got no work, no big paychecks.
  • "... work for the world." The world isn't paying their salary, though. Protest all you want - do not drag your employer into your personal beliefs.
  • @YonieZukowsky51
    Good call by Google. We need leaders of corporations with a backbone who are not intimidated.