Sunnyvale, California is home to the Google Cloud headquarters. The Google Cloud Platform After a tense all-hands meeting, Google has parted ways with its VP of developer relations for Google Cloud. “I wanted to let you know that today is Amr Awadallah’s last day at Google,” said Eyal Manor, Vice President of Engineering & Product for Google Cloud, in an email to employees seen by CNBC on Thursday evening. “The Cloud DevRel group will report to Ben Jackson, who will report to Pali Bhat, effective immediately.” Manor goes on to thank the team for assisting Cloud with his “huge progress” and for reaching out to him regarding cultural concerns. “I know it’s been especially difficult with a number of organizational changes and leadership transitions as we’ve all been managing a global epidemic and don’t have the benefit of being able to communicate in person like we used to.” In June, Google Cloud Vice President of Developer Relations Amr Awadallah, who joined the business in 2019, posted a 10,000-word manifesto on LinkedIn called “We Are One” regarding his former anti-semitism, which is primarily based on personal incidents. CNBC spoke with multiple employees who recalled a tense company meeting on Wednesday that included a discussion of the manifesto. Internal complaint documentation was also examined by CNBC. Employees stated the meeting replay was distributed to more than 100 team members on Thursday. In the resignation news email, Manor continues, “Thank you to all of you who reached out.” “It demonstrates how much you care about our organization and fostering a positive culture.” Google has declined to comment on the matter. Awadallah, who is well-known in the cloud sector, also shared his manifesto on YouTube and Twitter to condemn antisemitism by explaining how he got enlightened after “hating all jews.” In an uncomfortable attempt to condemn hatred in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he enumerated all the decent Jews he knew. Employees felt his public admission, which ignored key historical Jewish events, made it difficult for public-facing developer advocates, who are responsible with representing Google developers both internally and internationally. Awadallah writes in the manifesto that he was initially “wary” of VMware co-founder Mendel Rosenblum because of his last name, but that after getting to know him and his wife, and another VMware co-founder (and former Google Cloud CEO) Diane Greene, who both invested in his company Cloudera, he came to appreciate them. The squabble and departure, which occurred a month after the manifesto, come as Google faces issues about how company handles diversity among its executives and how rank-and-file employees perceive leadership. Employees stated they were frequently reprimanded for social media posts that were significantly less inflammatory. Employees who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation said they had been frustrated with Awadallah’s leadership style for months, leading up to an all-hands meeting this week where they confronted him about their dissatisfaction with his manifesto, working with him, and the leadership attrition of his reporting leaders. Employees claimed that the meeting necessitated intervention from a human resources professional, who had to intervene many times. In a LinkedIn comment, one Google Director of Network Infrastructure and Tech Site Lead said, “On the one hand, I’m grateful that you no longer despise my children.” “On the other hand, as one of your coworkers, this has made my job much more difficult. Being a Jewish leader at Google has been difficult due to the prior scenario. This has made it nearly impossible to continue.” “I despised Jewish people. In his “Confession,” Awadallah begins by saying, “All the Jews.” “in both text and video form on YouTube In a now-deleted message, Awadallah chastised Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for denying him a paid promoted post. While Awadallah admitted to earlier prejudice in his manifesto in the name of “peace,” he utilizes anecdotes and personal tales to try to prove that his current views are correct. One way he accomplishes this is by posting his 23andMe results, which revealed that he is 0.1 percent Ashkenazi Jewish, which he placed in boldface as a reason why he is technically Jewish as well. Employees claimed that Awadallah had previously utilized his 23andMe results to back up his claims. Amr Awadallah, Google Cloud Developer Relations VP, tweeted to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey when the site judged his post constituted hate speech. “As I already stated, I admire many Jewish individuals, but I will also tell you this with unshakeable conviction: Jews are no more special than Christians, Blacks, Hispanics, Whites, Muslims, Asians, Arabs, or any other group of people,” his manifesto read. When staff expressed their dissatisfaction at the all-hands meeting on Wednesday, the executive reaffirmed his manifesto and claimed that employees misunderstood, according to the employees. A Google Cloud VP made an antisemitic “confession” on Twitter./n
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