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googlethrow

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    Comment #24100820

    Any tips on how to do that? Over the last year or so I find that I have lost passion for both my job and my side-projects. While I used to be happy working 60-80 hours a week betwe…

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    Comment #21259608

    The total comp at Google Zürich starts at 160K chf/year for new grads. It can go much higher with counteroffers.

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    Comment #21259228

    At Google Zürich the total comp starts at 160K chf/year for fresh grads and with counteroffers can go much higher.

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    Comment #19595160

    Isn't this against the spirit of globalization and free/open markets? Or is that just meant for companies to benefit from cheap labor but not for consumers to be able to shop aroun…

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    Comment #17993585

    Can you please elaborate or provide some pointers?

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    Comment #16484871

    This sounds harsh. In cases you are a significant contributor to a launch it should be signifiend in the "launch entry" (there's an internal tracking tool for all launches). You th…

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    Comment #16484721

    Googler here: I think that gaming metrics is not that easy. Here by metrics I mean things like: - Your impact on revenue (if you work in ads) - Your impact on search quality (as as…

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    Comment #16484563

    Google is changing the promotion process such that managers have much more power (for all promotions up to level 5 == senior swe). Previously it used to be, as Michael says, very m…

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    Comment #16484482

    Googler here: The google performance and promotion process does, in fact, rely on reviews from your peers. The process happens once every 6 months, every other being non-mandatory.…