Mustafa Suleyman—Placed on leave at DeepMind following bullying allegations and investigation
In August 2019, Mustafa Suleyman was placed on administrative leave from DeepMind following allegations of bullying employees. Google brought in a law firm to investigate staff complaints about his management style. He had 'most of his management duties stripped away' and undertook professional development training. Suleyman later acknowledged: 'I really screwed up. I was very demanding and pretty relentless.' He left DeepMind for a policy role and departed Google entirely in January 2022.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worker Rights | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.443 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)× agency (reactive ×0.75)
Evidence (1 signal)
Placed on leave at DeepMind following bullying allegations and investigation
In August 2019, Mustafa Suleyman was placed on administrative leave from DeepMind following allegations of bullying employees. Google brought in a law firm to investigate staff complaints about his management style. He had 'most of his management duties stripped away' and undertook professional development training. Suleyman later acknowledged: 'I really screwed up. I was very demanding and pretty relentless.' He left DeepMind for a policy role and departed Google entirely in January 2022.