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That Erica Joy has shared a story is totally irrelevant to the way Wired has chosen to (not) report on it.

Aside from Erica and her situation do you feel the salary sharing was a good thing?

Both you and Erica are correct in identifying the problem with the attitude; but trying to teach them technology is wrong.

Isn't the reason why Erica Joy no longer works at google highly relevant?

Google has some sort of Peer Bonus scheme, Erica got lots of them but management decided to deny pretty much all of them.

As proof - i submit the fact that it made Erica feel horrible!

TL;DR - Erica Joy created a spreadsheet of salaries, it got shared internally at Google, apparently about 5% of total workforce filled it in.

First off, I knew Erica a few years ago when she worked in our local office.

When iPhone OS (as it was) first appeared, in-depth guides like Erica Sadun's were on the shelves almost as soon as it was released.

I am largely in agreement with you, but I can't help but feel Erica Joy is skirting some gray areas here.

Or maybe Erica Joy is misunderstanding something about how Google works.

I'm not taking Google's position, but couldn't Erica have a hidden agenda on this initiative?

The fact that Erica's manager rejected the "peer bonuses" given to Erica suggests that her manager is really unfit to be a manager.

In "Why Civil Resistance Works" Erica Chenoweth calls it the 3.5% rule - basically that there's a really low threshold for change.

They could have summarized the tweets, provided history on who Erica is and what her role at Google was, got a statement from Google, talked to Googlers "off the record", reported on any history of allegations against Google in the areas that the tweet brings up, reported on how other companies handle salary information, etc.

Erica was a tech stop employee, which is Google's help desk.

Erica: sharing your experiences the way you did was extremely brave.

Erica Joy is totally free to write what she wrote.