[presootto]

A lot of recruiters at Google are temps and will lie through they're teeth in order to get candidates interested.

Google still has a reputation of being an amazing workplace. This, however, is becoming less and less true. Just last week Victoria Lease resigned after months of sexual harassment without any consequence for the perpetrators.

There are much better places to work for then Google these days.

Disclaimer: I work for TAGA (The Arrogant Google Assholes)

[cpncrunch]

You have been bitching about google for the past year, including saying that Eric Schmidt should be put in jail. You say you are Rachel Whetstone, senior vice president of communications and public policy for Google. However it seems unlikely that Rachel would say some of the stuff you have come out with.

Please don't feed the troll.

[yuhong]

I think it is hyperbole, and I searched and can't find any comment on HN where he claims that he is Rachel Whetstone.

[Terr_]

Do Google recruiters ever have details about roles or what details of your resume "interested them", or am I pretty much always dealing with someone seeking to throw random bodies into a big input hopper?

[gaius]

Are they paid on commission? It would explain a lot.

[kllrnohj]

> There are much better places to work for then Google these days.

Well, yes, as those places don't employ you.

[kelukelugames]

> Just last week Victoria Lease resigned after months of sexual harassment without any consequence for the perpetrators.

I find this hard to believe because if you are smart enough to work at Google then you should be smart enough to know your rights. If the harassment is persistent and comes from multiple perpetrators then she can build a timeline to show HR, a lawyer, or the EEOC.

[GCA10]

Careful how you connect the dots. Yes, building a timeline and bringing in EEOC is one option. But then your identify for the next 1 to 5 years is defined by your harassment case. At the very least, you've got a big new time demand that may impede your ability to focus 100% on your next job. At the worst, you're seen as an angry litigant that no one else wants to hire.

It's a nasty world out there. Such unwelcome outcomes explain why many smart people with legitimate grounds for pressing charges ... choose not to do so.

[bigethan]

Have you ever been harassed? It's a much deeper situation than being aware of your rights, etc. And, if you assume that working at Google means you're smart, it means her harassers are just as smart as she is, and also aware of what her possible course of action may be.

(I don't know anything about Victoria Lease's situation, just this response had hints of victim blaming)

[walshemj]

Unfortunately technology is full of people who may have a first but are clueless about the world of work and end up in trouble or taken advantage of.

[enraged_camel]

>>if you are smart enough to work at Google then you should be smart enough to know your rights.

You're making several assumptions here that are not necessarily founded on reality.

[JabavuAdams]

Please educate yourself on these issues. Your claim ignores reams of historical experience on why people choose not to report abuse. Even if someone knows their rights, there are many possible reasons for not reporting abuse. Finally smart != informed, so this is quite a leap to base an argument on.