Eileen Naughton, the head of human resources for Alphabet Inc.'s Google, will step down from her position later this year, Fortune first reported late Monday. Naughton, whose official title is vice president of People Operations, will reportedly take another role at Google. Google told Fortune that Naughton was leaving to be closer to her family. Google's workplace culture has been roiled in recent years by the tech giant's handling of alleged sexual harassment claims against top executives, which spurred a mass walkout by employees in 2018. Some employees who organized the walkout claimed they were retaliated against. After that incident, Naughton worked to update the process for reporting misconduct, as well as other changes to help employees filing complaints. Separately, four former Google workers said they would file a federal labor complaint against the company after they were fired in November for what they said was organizing workers. Google said the firings were because they violated data-security policy. Earlier this year, David Drummond, Google's longtime top lawyer, stepped down following accusations of an inappropriate workplace relationship. Read More...
Eileen Naughton, the head of human resources for Alphabet Inc.’s Google, will step down from her position later this year, Fortune first reported late Monday. Naughton, whose official title is vice president of People Operations, will reportedly take another role at Google. Google told Fortune that Naughton was leaving to be closer to her family. Google’s workplace culture has been roiled in recent years by the tech giant’s handling of alleged sexual harassment claims against top executives, which spurred a mass walkout by employees in 2018. Some employees who organized the walkout claimed they were retaliated against. After that incident, Naughton worked to update the process for reporting misconduct, as well as other changes to help employees filing complaints. Separately, four former Google workers said they would file a federal labor complaint against the company after they were fired in November for what they said was organizing workers. Google said the firings were because they violated data-security policy. Earlier this year, David Drummond, Google’s longtime top lawyer, stepped down following accusations of an inappropriate workplace relationship.
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