Google is a big company. And in any company large enough, internal documents find their way to external audiences. Sometimes it’s good news, like 10 percent raises for everyone. (Not good news for the leaker, though, who was fired.) And sometimes it’s a bad look, like an engineer arguing that women are biologically ill-suited for tech and leadership jobs. (Not a great look or a company already being investigated for a gender pay gap, or that engineer, who was also fired.)

Now another memo, initially posted to an internal message board, has gone viral, and the latest leak claims pregnancy discrimination, retaliation, and harassment. (No need to worry about the author getting fired – she says she won’t be going back to work following her parental leave.)

“I’m Not Returning to Google After Maternity Leave, and Here is Why”

“I’m sharing this statement because I hope it informs needed change in how Google handles discrimination, harassment and retaliation,” the as-yet-unidentified woman wrote in a memo posted to company message board for expecting and new mothers two weeks ago. “This is a long read, but the details are important in understanding the often drawn-out, isolating and painful experience of victims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Also, if anything similar has happened to you, know that you’re not alone.”

She goes on to describe discriminatory remarks made by her manager about pregnant women, and how their relationship worsened after she reported the comments to human resources:

She also claims that she was discouraged from taking maternity leave, and was told it might “stress the team” and “rock the boat”:

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Just in case you were unaware, pregnancy discrimination is illegal under federal law. And while it doesn’t appear this (we’re guessing now former) employee has filed a formal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or a civil lawsuit yet, it’s more bad news leaking out of a very big company.

“We prohibit retaliation in the workplace and publicly share our very clear policy,” Google said in a statement to Vice’s Motherboard. “To make sure that no complaint raised goes unheard at Google, we give employees multiple channels to report concerns, including anonymously, and investigate all allegations of retaliation.”

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