I am so turned off by the press reports of Google employees who were not layed off "demanding" things now in their emails to management - demanding to know how decisions were made, demanding to know what the consequences are for the CEO, complaining left and right, etc.
OMG. I would really wonder whether I would want to hire someone from Google. This is a business -- to those who feel they are owed something beyond a paycheck, you actually aren't. You work a week, you get a paycheck on Friday.
Google may have created the perception that there is some higher purpose, but that really is not going to hold water in this economic environment where Google is being seen for what it is, just another big company.