I think it's partially true. The ideology can often be part of their marketing strategy, used to make money. Look at all the companies who push progressive ideas very vocally.

i think also its the violent people they are worried about too

google doesn't care about ideology *cough James Damore cough*

yeah that memo was leaked... they didnt fire him until it was leaked

on the flip side google shot down the employee petition to tie exec compensation to diversity metrics

when they thought they might get bad PR and lose profits

or get fire bombed by antifa

So then it's probably safe to say that Google's bottom line is about public image

which leads to lost profits

You are mostly correct wacka, except the HR ppl. The HR ppl care deeply about ideology.

i'm sure they have insurance to cover antifa attacks

I remember Tim brought up something that put mainsteam media and modern marketing as part of "the resistance"

i think thats true for most big corps, the difference is where you draw the line to maintain a certain image vs all other business factors

and if tnsurance companies see people shouting google is full of nazis and it looks like antifa are gonna burn them down and hack them and all that crap... what do you think will happen to googles insurance premiums?

back to profits

yeah sorry but insurance companies can't do that because that's assessing risk after it arises

@vlnc.co what is your project about ?

yeah but for example if they cant hire good ppl because they feel that google discriminates against them - also lost profits

im interested for sure

So far as I'm aware, insurance companies aren't allowed to jack up rates because of a threat of external property destruction

sure they can

They can, but it would be generally frowned upon to do so pre-emptively

my friend phoned his insurance company to tell them someone broke his window wiper... which he paid for himself... later that month he got his insurance bill.. which nearly doubled

@Graylan | gray00 it is similar to steemit where ppl can super-like posts to give it more publicity and to contribute to the author with real money, minus the pyramid scheme-ness of steemit. I made a short post describing my motivations for creating it here: https://www.vlnc.co/post/XXTMYJQNoBMZZ4SBb

they classed it as "theft"

But that's not a threat of external property damage, that's actual external property damage

and put him in a high risk of theft area

well, regardless it depends on your contract with the insurance company

I'm saying a threat of such doesn't let the insurance company jack up rates

a lot of property insurers will have clauses saying they reserve the right to increase premiums in particular circumstances

@vlnc.co cool. i understand people's concrern about steem. but the thing is it's free to pull data from the chain. also free to sign up

so i kinda disagree with its a pyramid

maybe its different in the UK

I doubt any would say that if ANTIFA threatens you for not being "diverse" enough then your premiums go up

It's no more a pyramid than say Tesla stock

9.5% inflation per year. means without new users price goes down

a threat by an official terrorist organisation could easily be reason for jacking up premiums

so in that way yes, pyramid. but it requires no money to earn.. Plenty of friends have earned 15,000usd in a year or so with no initial investment

whales invest give it value really. like btc at year two has high inflation and large % of steem owned by @steemit account

It might be a reason for jacking up premiums, but as I said earlier, it would be generally frowned upon or considered bad business practice

Generally, insurance companies are not supposed to jack up your rates unless you're the one at fault