I work in the UK. It’s much, much harder to get rid of someone without losing a case than it is in California. You know what? If someone’s disruptive, aggravates his co-workers or embarrasses the firm in public, they’re gone. They can get taken to industrial tribunal, they lose and just chalk it up to the cost of doing business.

Google took a few days to think about it before firing Damore. I’m sure they worked out the cost/benefit.

Yeah, they’ll fight this (and the line of argument sounds like a reach) but even if they lose, it’s just the cost of doing business. They might tighten up their process for firing people to avoid the particular vulnerability, but they won’t stop doing it.