08-08-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com

Fired Google memo writer draws jeers, cheers and a job offer

By David Ingram and Jonathan AllenSAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The male Google engineer fired for circulating a memo decrying the company's diversity hiring program became the centre of a heated debate on sexism, drawing scorn, cheers and even a job offer on Tuesday from WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.James Damore, 28, confirmed his dismissal from Alphabet Inc'sGoogle on Monday, after he wrote a 10-page memo that said the company was hostile to conservative viewpoints and shaped by a f
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