This is my new work uniform: Two weeks ago several of my coworkers were fired for calling for an end to Project Nimbus - a joint contract between Google and Amazon signed in 2021 which provides cloud services to the Israeli government and its military. This was the most recent of many attempts by workers to end the contract. Google should not be providing its services to ANY military. As a global company with billions of users, in nearly every country, making more money than many GDPs, it is an abuse of power and inhumane. Any technology can be used for benefit or detriment. A hammer can build a house and also bash a skull. I’m proud of the technology that Google has developed to facilitate early cancer detection, connect people during crisis and facilitate accessibility. Those same technologies will be used by militaries to kill. Google has a duty to be a responsible steward of its products. Aside from the moral issues, Google’s military contracts are a sign of competitive weakness. To enter this space should be a sign to investors that Google is desperate to maintain revenue growth. Google is a publicly traded company owned by the totality of its shareholders - not its leadership. If leadership is not making good decisions, we have a right to change its leadership. @notechforapardtheid #ceasefirenow #stopfundinggenocide #freepalestine
Thank you Kat for doing what is right despite the potential for retaliation
Love that shirt, Kat, especially given new attempts to ban the word Genocide in internal groups. Did you make it yourself? I want to buy one!
Thank you for doing what you do Kat ❤️
Nice work.
It's a great comfort to know Google employees like you continue to stand up for what's right, despite the very real threat of retaliation. Massive respect. Solidarity!
Nice to see you’re still fighting the good fight from the inside Kat!
Right on, Kat!!
Love this, Kat! ♥️
thank you :’)
Senior Software Development Engineer
2moSpoiler alert: having a strong military is also the best way not to be attacked. The problem with being soft is that you become prey for those who don't have the same good intentions as you may have. For now and the foreseeable future, no country with resources or anything that other countries may one day want to seize for themselves, could conceivably neglect its defense and stay out of trouble forever. So about picking who you have contracts with, sure, but it's naive to suggest that there shouldn't be any contract with any military. Finally, I'd like to meet an investor who thinks it's a bad sign when a company signs a contract involving billions of dollars with the most powerful country in the world (I mean the US, of course). If anything, it shows those services have reached a very high level of security and reliability.