Google CEO, in leaked video, says company is 'genuinely struggling' with employee trust

Source: Washington Post

Google CEO, in leaked video, says company is ‘genuinely struggling’ with employee trust

At company’s weekly town hall with employees, executives assail leaks and defend hiring DHS official

By Greg Bensinger
Oct. 25, 2019 at 9:04 p.m. EDT

Google CEO Sundar Pichai acknowledged the tech giant is struggling with how to deal with internal debate over controversial topics and the company defended hiring a former government official who backed the Trump administration’s travel ban, according to video of an all-hands meeting obtained by The Washington Post.

At the closed-door meeting Thursday, a weekly gathering known as TGIF, Pichai and other top executives sought to quell employee discontent and defended the hiring of Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security official, while chastising employees for airing their gripes publicly.

Pichai acknowledged the company had violated some employees’ trust. “We are genuinely struggling with some issues — transparency at scale,” he said, according to the video.

“To the question about your trust, I think it’s one of the most foundational things for the company,” he said at the meeting, which took place at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. “I take it seriously.”

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