VC Says Half of Google Staff Do 'No Real Work'
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VC Says Half of Google Staff Do 'No Real Work'
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Re: VC Says Half of Google Staff Do 'No Real Work'
#2It's a joke as old as time
Q: How many people work at $large_org
A: About half of them!
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#3I guess the problem is it’s hard to identify which half.
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#4Title doesn't reflect the article's title (emphasis mine): "Andreessen Horowitz investor says half of Google's white-collar staff probably do 'no real work'"
Without "probably", it sounds like he has insider information and can say it as a fact. With "probably", it shows that this is an educated, yet falsifiable opinion.
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#5Whereas VC and private equity staff all "work"...
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#7I imagine this guy doesn’t do much real work himself.
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#8People in glass houses...
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#10> "Another issue with all the 'BS' jobs in large corporations is that it takes profits away from shareholders who are most often the pensioners and retirement accounts of the rest of America," he said. "...they are also taking money away from the rest of the workforce's retirement programs."
Oh no, think of the poor retired shareholders!