[eesmith]

Have you not experienced a work environment where someone feels like burning bridges?

There are some people who are "mad as hell, and ... not going to take this anymore", so write such essays to 'prove' that they aren't wrong, the company wrong.

For that matter, there are some people in romantic relationships who do the same.

I'm not saying that's what happened in this case, I'm saying that this is what Google's lawyers will argue happened, so a good lawyer would advise him to not make things easier for Google.

* the word you want is 'plaintiff' as this would be a civil suit.