グーグルでセクハラ問題が表面化。過去2年で解雇50人も。
10月25日（木）、グーグルの親会社であるアルファベットのCEO、サンダー・ピチャイ氏はグーグル社内でセクハラ行為が存在していたことを認めました。
ピチャイ氏はグーグル全社員に対してメールを発信し、社長であるアンディ・ルビン氏をはじめ、役員の一部が部下の女性社員に対してセクハラ行為をしていたこと、また、彼らが莫大な退職金を得た上で退職したことも伝えました。
＜サンダー・ピチャイ アルファベットCEO＞
＜セクハラ行為で退職したアンディ・ルビン グーグル社長＞
ピチャイはまた、社内でセクハラ行為をした社員が48人もいたことも明らかにしました。ただし、この48人の社員はルビン氏のように退職は支払われなったようです。
以下はピチャイが発信した全社員に配信したメール原文です。
From: Sundar
Hi everyone,
Today’s story in the New York Times was difficult to read.
We are dead serious about making sure we provide a safe and inclusive workplace. We want to assure you that we review every single complaint about sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct, we investigate and we take action.
In recent years, we’ve made a number of changes, including taking an increasingly hard line on inappropriate conduct by people in positions of authority: in the last two years, 48 people have been terminated for sexual harassment, including 13 who were senior managers and above. None of these individuals received an exit package.
In 2015, we launched Respect@ and our annual Internal Investigations Report to provide transparency about these types of investigations at Google. Because we know that reporting harassment can be traumatic, we provide confidential channels to share any inappropriate behavior you experience or see. We support and respect those who have spoken out. You can find many ways to do this at go/saysomething. You can make a report anonymously if you wish.
We’ve also updated our policy to require all VPs and SVPs to disclose any relationship with a co-worker regardless of reporting line or presence of conflict.
We are committed to ensuring that Google is a workplace where you can feel safe to do your best work, and where there are serious consequences for anyone who behaves inappropriately.
Sundar and Eileen