Google employees plan to abandon the treatment of sexual misconduct by executives

Google employees are planning a walkout to protest the company's treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct.

Meredith Whittaker, Leader of Google's Open Research Group, tweeted Tuesday, "the Google Walkout is real and deeply inspiring".

Plans for the walkout were announced for the first time by BuzzFeed News, who said the walkout was scheduled for Thursday.

"Hundreds of people are demanding structural change, not just inclusive public relations," tweeted Whittaker.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The "women's march" comes after the New York Times has announced to two Google executives exit packages worth tens of millions of dollars after they leave the company following charges of $ 40,000. sexual misconduct and a third cadre allowed to stay in the business.

After the publication of the Times article, Google executives revealed in an email that they had fired 48 people without pay over the past two years for sexual harassment.

"We are truly committed to providing a safe and inclusive workplace," said Sundar Pichai, Google President and CEO, and Eileen Naughton, vice president of corporate operations, in a message. obtained by NBC News. "We want to make sure that we review every complaint about sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct, that we investigate and act."

On Tuesday, another New York Times-named executive resigned from Alphabet, Google's parent company. A job candidate had accused Richard DeVaul, director of X, the company's long-term research division, for inviting him to the Burning Man Desert Art Festival and asking him to remove his shirt. reported the newspaper. DeVaul told The Times that he had apologized for a "misjudgment".

DeVaul resigned and did not receive an exit package, Alphabet X said in a statement. DeVaul could not be contacted immediately for comment. His departure had previously been reported by Axios.

Google has faced increasing criticism from its employees on other topics, including reports that the company was developing a censored version of its search engine for China. More than a thousand employees signed a letter to protest against this plan.

Representative Jackie Speier, D-Calif., Expressed her support for the walkout.

"I stand with hundreds of #google of engineers preparing for the women's walkout in protest at Andy Rubin's $ 90 million exit package after Google concluded that the allegations of sexually misconduct were credible, " Speier tweeted. "Why do they think it is acceptable to reward the perpetrators and further violate the victims?" #Me too"