> Given the track record, it probably surprises none of us to read these stories. It surprises me, a lot. I was at Google for years, and even if you model a c

> Given the track record, it probably surprises none of us to read these stories. It surprises me, a lot. I was at Google for years, and even if you model a company's decision-making simply as 100% profit-maximizing, IME HR/managers/everyone was pretty motivated to keep employees happy so that they don't leave. This pops up in all kinds of things: flexibility of the work environment, keeping you engaged in interesting work, paying attention to your career and skills growth, etc. If anything I'd be inclined away from complimenting the way Google treats their employees: I left because I wasn't satisfied with the way career growth worked in the Research org of such a large company. But at not point did it seem like anyone thought that putting employees under heavy pressure was a path to success, let alone the expected path to success, as you imply.