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A Google vice president has split from the company’s cloud computing division following the publication on Monday of a particular 10,000-word “confession” about his past anti-Semitism.
Google Cloud vice president of developer relations Amr Awadallah is no longer with the company, a Google spokesperson confirmed to SFGATE.
As CNBC first reported, Google employees had the opportunity to speak out in the wake of the “manifesto” at a baffling meeting on Wednesday, in which they expressed frustration not only with the position, but also with his leadership style since taking office in 2019.
The personal essay-slash-manifesto, titled “We Are One”, was intended to be a story of self-redemption. But the essay begins with a strange message. “’I hated the Jewish people, all the Jewish people’! And the focus here is on the past,” the LinkedIn missive read.
The post didn’t generate much interest, with just over 200 likes and 60 comments. But the reaction has been intense and mixed, with one Google employee writing, “I don’t know why you would write this under your title and company affiliation and that frustrates me.”
Filled with platitudes about how “peace always prevails” and “the 99.9% bind us,” the post lists people – including Albert Einstein, Stan Lee and VMware co-founder Mendel Rosenblum – who have helped him to “see humanity on the other side”.
At Wednesday’s meeting with all staff, Awadallah reportedly defended his post despite remarks from his employees.
“The meeting, the employees said, required the mediation of a human resources employee who had to intervene on several occasions,” the financial media reported.
Google did not tell SFGATE whether he left the company of his own accord or if he had been fired.
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