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Pentagon's JEDI mind tricks at odds with our 'values' says Google: Ad giant evaporates from $10bn cloud contract bid

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Re: Wait! What?

Sadly, I suspect that the risk of "employee dissent" would not cause a company to back away from a $10 billion contract.

Because, let's face it: $10 billion buys a lot of new employees - and a lot of positive PR - and Google is long since past the point where it needs (or, arguably, even wants) individual super-geniuses whose every whim must be satisfied. The dotcom era has been and gone, and if someone's not happy, welp, there's the door.

And if they were presented with that choice, 99% of the dissenting employees would sit back down again.

Instead, it's far more likely to be about the cost and timelines for getting and maintaining the required certification, combined with an assessment of how much of a PITA the actual contract itself is likely to be, as the Pentagon will almost certainly be doing their best to push all liabilities onto the supplier with some hefty penalty clauses attached.

So, what do you do in the above scenario? You back out while loudly proclaiming it's about values and quietly muttering about certification. Employees and pressure groups get to feel smug, Google gets some PR brownie points, and the company as a whole has dodged a potential poison chalice. Everyone wins!

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