I’m not a major Google shareholder, but if I were I would fire the management. I’ve never heard of such a large company itemizing an expense as trivial as staplers.
It’s pretty clear the company has lost its innovation culture.
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#12One of my best friends landed a job at Google after graduation. She told me about a fellow new hire she met during orientation who said she planned to coast along in the job since she had learned that Google never lays people off. I guess there is no such thing as a completely secure job, even at a company like Google.
They have always fired people for under performing though.
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#13God forbid the profit margin drop a tiny smidge below 25% (in a mature market with more competitors every day), that would be a real catastrophe for the shareholders and, therefore, the company.
How do the other 99% of American companies manage? /s
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#14I’m not a major Google shareholder, but if I were I would fire the management. I’ve never heard of such a large company itemizing an expense as trivial as staplers. It’s pretty clear the company has lost its innovation culture.
My company (mid sized software company) tried to eliminate plastic spoons from the break rooms. Not for any sort of noble environmental reason, either, but explicitly to cut costs. You can buy them in cases of 1000 for $7.20. I am a shareholder, but not powerful enough to call for the termination of whatever bonehead thought that was worth more than 2 seconds of thought.
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#15Now that’s just getting petty. How about cutting down on Sundar’s RSU grants? What exactly has he done to deserve them? A stuffed Sundar doll would have done just as well over that last half a decade. He never makes any tough calls. He waits for a consensus to form and then pretends that that was his idea all along.
-xoogler who saw him come to power and the complete lack of direction since
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#16Obligatory mention- https://steveblank.com/2009/12/21/the-elves-leave-middle-ear...
The replacement of Patrick and his orange backpack with a Morgan Stanley alum made the leaving Google decision much easier.
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#17This is a company that provides free food all day, and their first inclination is to cut the tape and staplers? Cutting one meal service across all locations would save a lot more, but maybe that would cause more employees to complain.
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#18Can I keep my red Swingline stapler?
Only if you move your office to the basement.
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#19“We have been asked to pull all tape/dispensers through out the building,” a San Francisco facility directive stated. “If you need a stapler or tape, the receptionist desk has them to borrow.”
Also... how bad off is the company if they are worried about the expense of staples/tape!? Just, wow.
They have better than 25% operating margin on a company with massive revenue. They're fine, but the shareholders must be appeased with human sacrifice.
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#20I’m not a major Google shareholder, but if I were I would fire the management. I’ve never heard of such a large company itemizing an expense as trivial as staplers. It’s pretty clear the company has lost its innovation culture.
My company (mid sized software company) tried to eliminate plastic spoons from the break rooms. Not for any sort of noble environmental reason, either, but explicitly to cut costs. You can buy them in cases of 1000 for $7.20. I am a shareholder, but not powerful enough to call for the termination of whatever bonehead thought that was worth more than 2 seconds of thought.
$20 says the company that cared about the spoons had a special bathroom for executives.