"An ex-Google engineer's sexual harassment lawsuit claims she found a male co-worker hiding under her desk", 1 Mar 2018

Former Google engineer Loretta Lee has filed a lawsuit against her former employer...The lawsuit says: "In a male-dominated workplace, Plaintiff was frequently subjected to sexual harassment as her male co-workers engaged in inappropriate behavior and made lewd remarks to her. [Google] failed to prevent this severe and pervasive sexual harassment."...Lee said she was encouraged to report...to Google's human resources department, and she reluctantly did so.  She was...allegedly ostracised by her managers, who she claims made unnecessary revisions to her code and stalled her projects...Google persuaded her to take medical leave...When she returned, she was fired for "performance issues," her suit claims.  Lee's suit claims she had been a good performer at Google...until her firing.  Lee said Google discriminated against her after she was in a serious car accident...The lawsuit said: "...Google discriminated against Plaintiff on the basis of her disability, failed to accommodate her, retaliated against her, and terminated her."  Google has yet to give its side of the story...