How Google lost the 'war for the hearts and minds' of its employees: Q&A with Claire Stapleton
Former Google employee Claire Stapleton discusses her new book, 'Don't Be Evil,' which details the internal culture shifts and employee activism at Google during her tenure. The interview covers the tension between the company's original utopian ideals and its current corporate realities.
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The account provides insight into the challenges of maintaining corporate ethics and employee morale within massive, influential technology conglomerates.
Claire Stapleton was nicknamed "the Bard of Google" while at the company. Courtesy of Claire Stapleton Claire Stapleton led the 2018 Google walkouts over the company's handling of sexual misconduct allegations. Her new book, "Don't be Evil," captures her time at Google and the "fake promises" of Google life. She talked to Business Insider about Google's obsession with its image, worker power, and more. In 2018, Claire Stapleton helped spearhead a walkout of around 20,000 Google employees . The protest was a response to a New York Times story detailing how the company had paid multimillion-dollar exit packages to executives accused of sexual misconduct. Now she's back with a memoir, "Don't Be Evil," that pulls back the curtain on her time in the trenches at Google.
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