[jancsika]

From Google's internal investigator's memo:

> If you’re considering sharing confidential information to a reporter—or to anyone externally—for the love of all that’s Googley, please reconsider! Not only could it cost you your job, but it also betrays the values that makes us a community.

So the question is-- what constitutes "confidential" at Google?

Let's say a bad apple-- coworker or boss-- is abusing their power in a way that affects a particular class of employees, and the employee has exhausted the proper internal channels without success/resolution.

Is that information "confidential" according to the typical contract Google employees sign?

[zitterbewegung]

Your example would actually be part of a different mailing list . See https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-23/at-google...

[jancsika]

To essentially repeat the question: what happens if the employee cannot resolve a problem that affects a class of employees using this internal mailing list? Is the employee's account of such an abuse of power considered "confidential" according to the terms of their contract?

I'd really like to hear an answer from a current or former Google employee, and preferably a yes/no answer.