https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/10/fired-google-employee-lack-of-ideological-diversity-has-hurt-our-products.html >The Google employee who was fired by the tech giant earlier this week over a viral memo has said that the company's products have been hurt by a "lack of ideological diversity". >James Damore, the 28-year-old former Google engineer who was sacked by the corporation for allegedly "perpetuating gender stereotypes", made the claim in his first televised interview with a news media outlet.