The former Googler told the Times that, at the time, she believed the walk out would be a positive move forward for the company. She was even presented by Google with Doc Martens to celebrate her activism, she told the Time, but shortly after, there was a restructuring of her role at the company which
Now nearly four years later, Stapleton says she sees Google's culture as"quite grim," especially since the company laid off about 12,000 employees in February.or who were on disability leave," Stapleton said of the layoffs at Big Tech companies, including Google. She said she saw it as a point of"cruelty" that"people's livelihoods were curtailed."
She sees the layoffs as a"power grab" and"the opposite of what Larry and Sergey intended for the company," referring to Google's founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.put workers in their place ," she told the Times."So what's happening is there's a shifting of the power back to the management." Ultimately, Stapleton said she recommends tech workers approach"corporate propaganda" with a heavy dose of wariness and remember that"work will not love you back."Stapleton is one of several former Google workers to speak out against the company in recent months. Last week, Ex-Googler Praveen Seshadri