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Google reportedly fires controversial memo author according to Bloomberg the author of a document entitled Google's ideological echo chamber was fired the Google engineer was identified as James d'amour who confirmed his dismissal dam lore said he was fired for perpetuating gender stereotypes in his 10 page memo d'amour said women are underrepresented in technology partially due to biological reasons and that quote we need to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism reports say the memo was met with negative feedback by a majority of the employees who had seen it Google CEO sundar Pichai wrote his own memo which was later published on Google's blog the Post said quote portions of the memo violate our code of conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace but rise Post also said the company supports employees expressing themselves and people must feel free to express dissent however Pichai reiterated that it must be done within Google's code of conduct Google CEO said he was on a family vacation but has decided to return to the company on August 9th dan mark told the New York Times that he may look into legal action because he thinks his termination was unlawful for more coverage check out cnet.com Amaya's act iron i'll see you online