Over half of Google employees polled say memo author should not have been fired

Two points: First, beware these results. This is a self-selected online survey, not a scientific sampling. Two categories of people might not respond - those who didn't want to be identified of wrongthink, and those whose reactions to the firing were "meh" rather than strong opinions.

Second, it would be interesting to see what the reaction was among specifically female Google employees.

Why not do a leave of absence thing? Am I the only one that's seen the cop shows 'Leave your badge and take some time to cooloff, Riggs'.