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Google's new culture: Perks are out. Being grateful you have a job is in

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Re: Google's new culture: Perks are out. Being grateful you have a job is in

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Post by plinkplonk »

"we decided to, for example, we significantly cut down all the snacks that had been available. [laughter]"

Sounds more like a joke to me. Are google perks like the gourmet food really being cut? (I heard about the child care changes. It sounded like a reasonable change to me but not being a Googler I wouldn't know and the details are hazy).

The head line seems sensationalistic and gives the impression that the folks at the top have made a actual decision to move more towards a "grey corporation".

I had also assumed(wrongly?) that the layoffs got rid of some dubious people who were hired. I personally know some not so great people who somehow got hired.

Do any quotes or facts bear this out? The linked article seemed hyperbolic and twisting some quotes out of proportion. I sthere any difference "on the ground"? People don't get free food now? Sounds insane!

Re: Google's new culture: Perks are out. Being grateful you have a job is in

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Post by falsestprophet »

mildweed wrote: post #2

They had better not get rid of that 20% of your time on a pet project perk. That is an inherent strategic advantage.

A lot of Googlers report 20% time is a bit of myth, because many engineers end up struggling more than 100% time to deliver their principle project.

Re: Google's new culture: Perks are out. Being grateful you have a job is in

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Post by plinkplonk »

falsestprophet wrote: post #6
mildweed wrote: post #2

They had better not get rid of that 20% of your time on a pet project perk. That is an inherent strategic advantage.

A lot of Googlers report 20% time is a bit of myth, because many engineers end up struggling more than 100% time to deliver their principle project.

"A lot of Googler reports 20% time is a bit of myth,"

I thought it could be accumulated and taken at at a stretch.

Re: Google's new culture: Perks are out. Being grateful you have a job is in

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Post by blinks »

plinkplonk wrote: post #5

"we decided to, for example, we significantly cut down all the snacks that had been available. [laughter]" Sounds more like a joke to me. Are google perks like the gourmet food really being cut? (I heard about the child care changes. It sounded like a reasonable change to me but not being a Googler I wouldn't know and the details are hazy). The head line seems sensationalistic and gives the impression that the folks…

Well, I'm still getting free food up here in Google Kirkland, and it's great. The article seemed pretty odd to me, too.

Re: Google's new culture: Perks are out. Being grateful you have a job is in

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Post by gthank »

plinkplonk wrote: post #5

"we decided to, for example, we significantly cut down all the snacks that had been available. [laughter]" Sounds more like a joke to me. Are google perks like the gourmet food really being cut? (I heard about the child care changes. It sounded like a reasonable change to me but not being a Googler I wouldn't know and the details are hazy). The head line seems sensationalistic and gives the impression that the folks…

From the end of the quoted excerpt, Schmidt speaking:

    The tightening that [CFO] Patrick [Pichette] in particular did, who I think is the current Google hero, really did change the culture in a much more pragmatic way: “We’re happy to work here. We’re happy to be employed. We love what we’re doing. Our freinds, you know, have been laid off.” It’s been a maturing process. And I think a generally good one.

Re: Google's new culture: Perks are out. Being grateful you have a job is in

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Post by stcredzero »

plinkplonk wrote: post #7
falsestprophet wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of Googlers report 20% time is a bit of myth, because many engineers end up struggling more than 100% time to deliver their principle project.

"A lot of Googler reports 20% time is a bit of myth," I thought it could be accumulated and taken at at a stretch.

I used to do that at my old company! And it was definitely an old company!
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