Google faces sacking storm

Google triggered a social-media backlash with the firing of an employee who had blasted the company’s diversity policies, fuelling tension over an issue shaking up Silicon Valley.

The dismissal of James Damore, a Google engineer, came after he wrote a 10-page manifesto criticising what he deemed a left-leaning culture at Alphabet’s web division that he said ignores the differences between the sexes.

In an email confirming his firing, Mr Damore said he is “currently exploring all possible legal remedies”.