Curated By: Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Last Updated: February 24, 2024, 13:02 IST
Washington D.C., United States of America (USA)
Shaun Maguire stated he was not promoted for being white, male when he was working for tech large Google. (Image: X/@shaunmmaguire)
Shaun Maguire, a rising tech star at Google, stated he was denied a promotion as a result of he was a white male.
Shaun Maguire, a tech star, who beforehand labored with Google and is now working with Sequoia stated he left the tech large as a result of he was advised that he wouldn’t get promoted as a result of he’s a white man. He, nevertheless, was capable of stand on his ft by promoting his startup years later for $1 billion.
Google is going through backlash after releasing Gemini – Google’s AI Model – which generated images of a Native American pope and black founding fathers. Amid the storm, Maguire additionally shared his story on social media website X the place he stated that Google prioritises showing ‘woke’ and in his case didn’t reward folks based mostly on their abilities.
Google is denying this occurred however no person from the corporate has reached out to me for my aspect of the storyHonestly, pathetic
I don’t need any compensation
I simply need you to repair these issues, particularly for those who’re going to steer in AI
— Shaun Maguire (@shaunmmaguire) February 24, 2024
Shaun labored at Google’s Mountain View, California-based headquarters from 2016 to 2019. He stated at one occasion his senior supervisor at Google Ventures advised him his “hands were tied”.
He advised Maguire that regardless of being “one of the highest performing people here,” he couldn’t promote him as a result of he “has a quota”.
“I’m really not supposed to tell you this. It could get me fired,” Maguire quoted his then-boss as telling him in 2019.
A report by the New York Post stated that in Maguire’s tenure at Google, the tech large was roiled by the #MeToo scandals which noticed victims of sexual abuse and harassment in Hollywood and in a number of industries come ahead and identify and disgrace the perpetrators.
This led to the formation of “employee resource groups” who demanded that the administration rent extra ladies and different numerous candidates all through the corporate.
“Should I go public with the story about the time I was told I can’t be promoted for being a white man?” Maguire wrote on X. “But you’re one of the highest performing people here but I can’t promote you right now because I have a quota. My hands are tied. You’ll get the next slot. Please be patient. I’m really sorry,” Maguire quoted his then-manager as saying.
The report by the New York Post, citing a supply, stated that the boss resisted calls to fulfill hiring quotas that favoured ladies and minorities however staff at Google Ventures threatened to stop, forcing him to again down. The report claimed that the strain marketing campaign prolonged to the corporate’s board, together with founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
A Google spokesperson stated the account by Maguire was “completely untrue”. “The founders and Board have never spoken to [Google Ventures] about personnel matters. Shaun is a talented investor and we wish him well at Sequoia, but decisions about his promotion and career advancement at GV not once ever involved consideration of his race or gender,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying by the New York Post.
“My response is they’re lying through their teeth,” Maguire stated in response to the spokesperson’s claims whereas talking to the newspaper.
Maguire presently is a companion at Sequoia, the enterprise capital agency that has helped construct Silicon Valley giants akin to Apple, Google, Oracle, PayPal and WhatsApp.
Maguire additionally claimed that at the very least 5 former and present Google staff reached out to him since his authentic publish and shared “similar stories”.
Shankhyaneel SarkarShankhyaneel Sarkar is a senior subeditor at News18. He covers worldwide affairs, the place he focuses on breaking news to in-depth analyses. He has o…Read More
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