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Agreed. It's based on accepting personal payment to spend company time and resources doing something other than what the employer wants. Sounds like low-key bribery to me.

I imagine they're aware of this. The FAQ section states that employees are kept anonymous, but also says they verify if it's really a Google employee by sending an email to their google.com email address, which Google can of course see.




The verification email can be intentionally vague and agreed upon in advance.

"What's really your favorite band, then?"

"Beatles, I guess."


The best way would be to send an email disguised as spam, and have the employee respond out of band with its contents without actually replying.

Bonus points for sending similar emails to random @company.com addresses so receiving the email alone doesn’t suggest involvement.


> to spend company time and resources doing something other than what the employer wants

If you're salary, then that doesn't enter into the equation.


The time doesn't, the resources do.




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