Amid the continued fallout from the so-called “anti-diversity” memo that got one heretical employee fired, and as a group of female employees gear up to sue the company over gender discrimination, Google decided it was time to hold a company-wide meeting to talk more about diversity. But the meeting, scheduled for Thursday, was abruptly canceled over “safety” concerns about participants’ being “outed” online by “right-wing” trolls. Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s emailed announcement of the cancellation is a fascinating glimpse not only into the Google exec’s mind but the increasingly chaotic internal dynamics of the company.
“Sorry for the late notice but we are going to have to cancel today’s Town Hall,” wrote Pichai in an email Thursday. “We had hoped to have a frank, open discussion today as we always do to bring us together and moved forward. But our Dory questions appeared externally this afternoon, and on some websites Googlers are now being named personally. Googlers are writing in, concerned about their safety and worried they may be outed publicly for asking a question in the Town Hall.”
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