Google called her 'the Bard of Google.' Then HR called her walkout a breakdown. (newyorker.com)
The essay, adapted from Stapleton's book *Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech*, traces Google's arc from moon-shot optimism — Larry Page once dismissed curing cancer as too small a goal, since it would add only three years to average lifespan — to the 2018 walkout after the Andy Rubin harassment scandal.
A commenter who says he was at Google from 2006 to 2025 backed the account: "this matches my recollection. Honestly, it's a very restrained document" — a rare on-the-record insider confirmation.
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