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>>tech-h+(OP)
I don't really understand why it's surprising to anyone that they would face "internal retaliation" after exposing their employer as evil and boycott worthy to the entire world. By publicizing it to the degree that they did and attaching their name to it, they were putting their interests over the company. If my company started doing business practices that I didn't approve of, I would try my hardest to change the direction from the inside out or I would leave and then criticize. I don't understand the desire to stay with a company and accept paychecks while simultaneously publicly denouncing and leading protests against them.

>>charli+Cf
Yep, and doing the "right thing" doesn't mean everyone will be cool with it (Snowden &c.), especially in highly hierarchical institutions like google. You don't get to light a dumpster fire in your own office without inhaling some of the smoke. At that scale any move outside of what you're allowed to think/do is a workplace suicide. I wouldn't be surprised if these people end up in other renowned tech companies though, google is losing on all fronts.