Within Google, there is a collective delusion that the company is exceptional. And as is the case in all such delusions, the deluded ones are just mortals standing on the shoulders of the truly exceptional people who went before them and created an environment of wild success. Eventually, the exceptional environment starts to fade, but the lingering delusion has abolished humility among the mere mortals who remain. You don’t wake up everyday thinking about how you should be doing better and how your customers deserve better and how you could be working better. Instead, you believe that things you are doing already are so perfect that they are the only way to do it. Propaganda becomes important internally and externally. When new people join your company, you indoctrinate them. You insist on doing things because “that’s the way we do it at Google”. Never mind if most people quietly complain about the overall inefficiency and incompetence.
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100% agree. Worked there for 5 years.
look at linkedin post. Those who didnt get laid off by google want to mention that, as if it is an achievement That itself shows how much ego they have about themselves.
It is not about "haters", googlers need to acknowledge that many mediocre employees think they are god's gift to corporate world.
Google should lay off another 50k .
How else would you think if you come into work on a Google bus, seeing free food, getting massages, free laundry, etc. If everything looks perfect around you, why would you think Google is anything but exceptional.
In most companies most of the revenue comes from the work the founders did. Only a small portion of employees produce something that makes money. People working at corporations look down upon the less fortunate surviving on welfare, but most jobs at large companies are welfare because they produce nothing of value.
My friend, we all think we could do better but the final fact is collectively they compete very well against any big corporation. Only 10% need to do the real work. Everyone want to take google down lmao. Haters