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Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet

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Re: Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet

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Post by drcode »

andrewstuart wrote: post #14

Google needs to fix its reputation for killing products. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/04/googles-constant-pro...

Yes, I agree that they should remove a layer of management to achieve a more focused vision around their products. (sarcasm)

Re: Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet

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Post by pknopf »

ixtli wrote: post #22

> Nonetheless, Google’s core service—providing unbiased, accurate, and free access to information—remains at the heart of the company. How is it ok to just say clear lies like this?! Without making any value judgements at all this is blatantly false. The ranking algorithms specifically encode a bias into search results. This is actually explicitly what users want, too! To be clear this is distressing to me because ve…

The difference is between personal bias and relevant search results.

He meant to say "personal bias."

Re: Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet

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Post by ardit33 »

ggm wrote: post #5

Absolutely nothing about the structural discontent emerging in staff. And nothing about the increasing sense of a loss of claimed ethical stance. I stress claimed, because the lack of concern at the top at its obvious demise makes it less likely it was actually held as a core belief.

Unless it there is more behind the scenes, the letter is basically saying:

We don't want to deal, or like/enjoy dealing with this pesky employee stuff. We don't have the time, energy, or enjoy it, and they'd rather do something else with their time and money.

They are in a position where they either crack-down on their culture to more of a corp like, and appear to go full evil, or be even more lenient, and risk small 'intolerant' groups or activists taking over and creating disruptions to the business. Whatever they do at this point, they will be either painted as the bad guys in the media (if they go full on evil corp); or the 'dysfunctional' company, if they allow even more discontent and become more 'college/academic like'.

Basically, their employees situation is becoming such a PITA for them, they'd rather not deal with it and quit the company and do something else, more interesting, instead....

They realize that they just don't enjoy dealing with the creature/organization that they created.

Basically, it is the CEO's version of: "it is not you, but it is me" line of break-up, and we all know what that line means.

Re: Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet

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Post by notJim »

lacker wrote: post #28
ggm wrote: post #5

Absolutely nothing about the structural discontent emerging in staff. And nothing about the increasing sense of a loss of claimed ethical stance. I stress claimed, because the lack of concern at the top at its obvious demise makes it less likely it was actually held as a core belief.

As a former Googler who stays in touch, there doesn't seem to be structural discontent emerging in staff. There were a few news stories about people complaining, but Google employs about 100,000 people, so any news story involving less than 1000 of them being unhappy can't really count as "structural discontent".

Okay, what about 20,000 of them? https://www.vox.com/2019/4/23/18512542/google-employee-walko...
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