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A lot of interesting things here, but also the usual "billionaire complaining about all these entitled employees" vibes.
The “I’m a passionate guy so I can’t communicate without cursing” part was entertaining.
It turns out he actually had Mad Cow disease (really).
A lot of interesting things here, but also the usual "billionaire complaining about all these entitled employees" vibes.
The “I’m a passionate guy so I can’t communicate without cursing” part was entertaining.
I've found that I really have to detach from the situation to use less curse words, such as counting to 5 mentally before saying _anything_.
Any other tips for similarly terrible people such as myself?
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The whole thing is one red flag after another, but the biggest standout to me is the author being annoyed coworkers are taking personal days. That’s what they’re there for! When I don’t want to work, I use the benefit that lets me not work.
Try managing a team where people take last minute personal days all the time, without having to give advance notice or a reason.
The spontaneous employee vacation days are just making that problem more obvious.
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The whole thing is one red flag after another, but the biggest standout to me is the author being annoyed coworkers are taking personal days. That’s what they’re there for! When I don’t want to work, I use the benefit that lets me not work.
Try managing a team where people take last minute personal days all the time, without having to give advance notice or a reason.
I do think we often undersize our teams by ignoring the impact of vacation and personal time in taking on work ... but that’s not the fault of the people using the time they are entitled to as part of their compensation.
Do you really have to wear those hats when you join Google? How long do you have to wear them for?
Nope. Most people put them on for a selfie or two then throw them on a shelf.
Another "leader" who complains about employees wanting work life balance and they are extremely entitled. These are the type of managers you want to avoid. I'm sure many Googlers are happy you left.
Few good things in this but I found the remark about weekends a bit much.
I chose a career in a space I don't need to work weekends.
And none of it is luck. It's careful planning 20 years in the making.
I get having a team of 20 that is like this, but it does not seem like a concept that scales unless you are SpaceX.