Google has sacked 48 people including 13 senior managers over sexual harassment claims since 2016.<\/p>\n
In a letter to employees, chief executive Sundar Pichai said the tech giant was taking a “hard line” on inappropriate conduct.<\/p>\n
The letter was in response to a New York Times report that\u00a0Android creator Andy Rubin received a $90m exit package despite facing misconduct allegations.<\/a><\/p>\n A spokesman for Mr Rubin denied the allegations, the newspaper said.<\/p>\n Mr Rubin left the company in 2014. He was given what the paper described as a “hero’s farewell”.<\/p>\n Mr Pichai’s letter said the New York Times story was “difficult to read” and that Google was “dead serious” about providing a “safe and inclusive workplace”.<\/p>\n “We want to assure you that we review every single complaint about sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct, we investigate and we take action,” it continued.<\/p>\n Shares in Alphabet, which owns Google, fell more than 3% in New York after it reported revenues of $33.7bn (\u00a326.3bn) for the three months to September – slightly less than analysts had expected.<\/p>\n However, net profit soared $2.5bn to $9.2bn – far higher than expected.<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"