March 7, 2021 
Nearly two dozen current and former Google employees have told NBC News about their experiences or experiences they have heard of where workers who complained about racism or sexism in the workplace were advised by human resources to seek mental health counseling or take medical leave to address their mental health — despite their mental well-being having nothing to do with their complaints.
"Going on leave is so normalized. I can think of 10 people that I know of in the last year that have gone on mental health leave because of the way they were treated," said one former Google employee, who is a person of color.
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