Google Responded to Workplace Complaints With Counseling - The New York Times

Former and current Google employees said that H.R. would respond to their workplace complaints by referring them to counseling programs instead of addressing the broader issues. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Ruchika Tulshyan — Emi Nietfeld, a former Google employee In late 2018, Chelsey Glasson, a researcher at Google who had worked there for four years, moved to a new team. She was pregnant at the time and said she immediately felt she was being discriminated against. Her new boss suggested that her forthcoming maternity leave might “rock the boat,” and she was effectively stripped of her management responsibilities. When she filed a complaint with human resources, she was offered 10 free sessions with a mental health counselor who was contracted by Google and available on campus. At the time, she thought, “What a great resource, of course I’m going to take advantage of this.” More than a year later, when Ms. Glasson filed a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against Google, her counse

Former and current Google employees said that H.R. would respond to their workplace complaints by referring them to counseling programs instead of addressing the broader issues. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Ruchika Tulshyan — Emi Nietfeld, a former Google employee In late 2018, Chelsey Glasson, a researcher at Google who had worked there for four years, moved to a new team. She was pregnant at the time and said she immediately felt she was being discriminated against. Her new boss suggested that her forthcoming maternity leave might “rock the boat,” and she was effectively stripped of her ma