I was being harassed all day long, everything they advertised as being their work environment ended up being BS, I wasn't able to do anything, nothing available was worthwhile, there was a lot of anal retentiveness and Jness (MBTI) present, the environment was generally unpleasant, and I quickly realized I was wasting my life in that place. It was annoying, as the place I'm referring to is the almighty Google. This w…
I think one universal truth across big companies is that no 2 teams are the same. I worked on two different teams at a big (not google big company).. the work, the manager, the policies were night and day different. Perhaps they were as different as any jobs I have worked. Is it possible you just got a not fun Google team ;)
I was on the Adwords Campaign Management team (responsible for http://adwords.google.com). In a way, you can tell it would've sucked, as you can see their interface is still the same crap, backward, half-assed garbage it was when it launched in 2009.
Even separate from the nature of the team (most didn't really seem happy), it seems I was further singled out in some way. I don't know why, but they seemed very serious about ensuring I was miserable, harassed, annoyed, and stalled out (unable to do anything). And then, as I walked around each day, many looked miserable (depressed or anxious and on edge (worried about sounding stupid?)), and there seemed to be a general mood of dissatisfaction.
If you read reviews on Glassdoor, Quora, or anywhere else online, you'll probably start hearing the same themes. That is, even if I wasn't explicitly singled out, I still would've probably not enjoyed my time there; it just wouldn't have been as severe.