The Big Tech Revolving Door: Why Big Tech Cabinet Appointments Should Be Avoided
Months after my daughter was born–ironically on March 8th, International Women’s Day–Google HR reached out to share the results of an internal investigation that was initiated after I served the company a demand letter asking that the blatant acts of pregnancy discrimination and sexual harassment I had been experiencing stop.
As I held my newborn in my arms while at home on maternity leave, I joined the scheduled virtual meeting in which two women from HR walked me through how simple miscommunication explained all of my experiences. I had previously engaged with one of the women, but the second was new to me. I Googled her name. Before working for Google HR, she worked as an FBI special agent, a conflict of interest I would soon learn is attached to a phenomenon called the Big Tech Revolving Door; essentially, Big Tech companies strategically hiring key personnel from government agencies as well as Big Tech lackeys infiltrating government roles.
Learning the woman from HR was a former FBI agent made me question myself, which was undoubtedly the intent. How could a former FBI personnel, someone with honed investigative skills and a background in protecting the American population, be so wrong? My intimidation turned into worry when the FBI agent became a witness in a lawsuit I…
