Today at 11:00 a.m., more than 60% of Google workers walked out of their offices in protest of sexual misconduct in the workplace. The walkout was in response to Google giving the founder of Android, Andy Rubin, a $90 million exit package after he resigned in 2014 for sexually harassing a coworker. It is expected that over 1,500 Google employees will participate in the walkout, with most of them being women. Sam Dutton, the developer advocate at Google said: “We’re walking out in support of those who’ve been harassed anywhere in the workplace, and to ensure that perpetrators are not rewarded and are not protected.” 

On Wednesday, the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, replied to questions about the walkout. “We let Googlers know that we are aware of the activities planned for Thursday and that employees will have the support they need if they wish to participate.”  In an article the 7 main organizers of the walkout wrote for The Cut Magazine, they shared their demands of Google, which were: 

• An end to forced arbitrary. 
• A commitment to end pay and opportunity inequity. 
• A publicly disclosed sexual harassment transparency report. 
• A clear, uniform,  globally inclusive process for reporting sexual misconduct. 
• Promote the Chief Diversity Officer to answer directly to the CEO and appoint an Employee Representative to the Board. 

This week, a director of Google X, Richard DeVaul, resigned from his position because of sexual misconduct against a person applying for a job at the company, however, he did not receive an exit package from Google.