Well, in particular, that one line I cited from the confidentiality agreement makes me suspicious of claimed Legal Violations #6-8 (regarding disclosure of wages).
And certainly claimed Legal Violation #2 also falls flat when you consider that these are trade secrets protected by the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, and leaking trade secrets is illegal.
#3 and #4 is contradicted by the presence of the Protected Activity section in the same confidentiality agreement, which permit such activity.
I'm not about to comb through supporting documents just to disprove the rest of the claims; we have lawyers whose job is to do that. But since I can relatively easily find contradictions between what I have readily available and what the lawsuit is asserting, I have doubts that the underlying lawsuit really holds much weight.
The former Googler who started that spreadsheet faced retaliation from management for that spreadsheet, actually.
"Former Google employee Erica Baker revealed in a flurry of messages on Twitter Friday that she faced retaliation from management after compiling a spreadsheet of employee salaries."
That was one side of the story - presumably there is another side of the story. Since she left, there is another spreadsheet going around, and the maintainers are all still working at google AFAIK
The evidence and facts brought up are:
1) A quote from his offer letter.
2) The confidentiality agreement.
3) A Code of Conduct policy for "internal purposes only."
4) Data Classification Guidelines.
6) Employee Communication Policy.
7) Training programs including one called "You Said What?"
8) "Prepare to leave Google" policy.
9) "Exit Certification" note upon termination.
10) A "Global Investigations Team" led by Brian Katz.
11) "Stopleaks."
12) Quotes from all hands meetings.
13) Alleged amendment of a policy in response to his letter to Labor Workforce and Development Agency violations.