Google Temp, Fired for Being ‘Ungoogley,’ Files Complaint (1)

Tuesday Carne had only worked inside a Google data center for nine days before she was allegedly fired for being “ungoogley.”

Now the temp worker is at the center of a new complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against her employer, Modis, and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, marking another workplace dispute for the world’s third-biggest company by market value.

Carne, 29, worked to maintain the equipment at a Google site in South Carolina. Google fills many of these roles with contract firms such as Modis, a unit of Adecco Group AG.

In her second week on the job, ...