Google has fired nearly 50 employees for sexual misconduct since 2016

On the heels of Thursday morning's news that Andy "Father of Android" Rubin not only forced one of his subordinates to perform a sex act that once got a sitting President nearly impeached, but also received a $90 million golden parachute when the company found out about the sexual assault accusations, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai admits that this wasn't a lone case at the company.

The CEO sent an all-hands email to the company on Thursday, a copy of which CNBC was able to obtain, in response to the NYT bombshell report. In it, Pichai admits that Rubin and a handful of other high-level executives were protected by the company when charges of sexual misconduct came to light and given generous severance packages to make quiet exits from the company. He also points out that 48 other employees have had their employment terminated, including 13 mid-level executives. None of them received separation packages, unlike Rubin.

You can read the full text of Pichai's letter below:

From: Sundar

Hi everyone,

Today's story in the New York Times was difficult to read.

We are dead serious about making sure we provide a safe and inclusive workplace. We want to assure you that we review every single complaint about sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct, we investigate and we take action.

In recent years, we've made a number of changes, including taking an increasingly hard line on inappropriate conduct by people in positions of authority: in the last two years, 48 people have been terminated for sexual harassment, including 13 who were senior managers and above. None of these individuals received an exit package.

In 2015, we launched Respect@ and our annual Internal Investigations Report to provide transparency about these types of investigations at Google. Because we know that reporting harassment can be traumatic, we provide confidential channels to share any inappropriate behavior you experience or see. We support and respect those who have spoken out. You can find many ways to do this at go/say something. You can make a report anonymously if you wish.

We've also updated our policy to require all VPs and SVPs to disclose any relationship with a co-worker regardless of reporting line or presence of conflict.

We are committed to ensuring that Google is a workplace where you can feel safe to do your best work, and where there are serious consequences for anyone who behaves inappropriately.

Sundar and Eileen