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Claire Stapleton Helped Write The Myth Of Google, But Now She’s Trying To Tell The Truth

Defector 06 August 2026 8h ago
Claire Stapleton Helped Write The Myth Of Google, But Now She’s Trying To Tell The Truth
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It feels a little perverse to be writing this review in a Google doc. In 2018, over 20,000 Google employees walked out to protest working conditions at the tech juggernaut. Claire Stapleton was one of the protest's primary organizers. She had started at the company as an internal communications associate, drafting copy to explain the work product of the company to actual employees. Her quippy emai
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