Google’s reputation as a hip and happening employer was cemented earlier this year when Fortune magazine anointed the Silicon Valley outfit as America’s Best Company to Work For.
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But not everyone considers the Googleplex to be a workers’ paradise – especially not Brian Reid, an experienced computer scientist on the north side of 50.Google’s former director of operations and engineering has been locked in a legal battle with his erstwhile employer for the past three years over a case of wrongful dismissal.
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