Google employees were angry when an executive at the tech company used the word “family” during a weekly companywide presentation, The Daily Caller reported.
The word was reportedly used during a discussion about the Unicorn product for children. The use of the word led one to call it “offensive, inappropriate, homophobic, and wrong,” on a company message board. That led to about 100 up votes by other employees and a chorus of support for the criticism.
Many employees were offended because they believe the word suggests that all families have children, documents obtained by the news outlet showed. A source reportedly gave the news outlet the documents on the condition of anonymity.
The backlash prompted a Google executive to apologize and ask the employees for feedback on how the company can be more inclusive. – READ MORE