For reference: auto-deletion of internal e-mails (after 2 years) has been standard practice at most big companies I have had anything to do with for many years now.
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2026
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Yep, that’s pretty normal now.
Partially to avoid a lawsuits, partially to force you to write proper documentation, partially to save costs.
To expand on the lawsuits bit, most peoples thoughts would likely be the company trying to sweep things under the rug after 2 years, but while that may be a "pleasant" side effect, they usually do it for HR and data privacy/data retention law compliance. Keeping emails of employees who haven't been with the company in ages is usually not a great idea from that perspective.
Google/Alphabet continuously suppresses internal warnings, manipulates advocacy organizations, kills safety features, and auto-deletes internal communications
Just par for the course for one of its subsections.
People call it a duopoly but I really think it has been a monopoly for a while, esp. outside the US. This company needs to be broken up. And corporations in general need to be regulated more/better.