I have a job role that has brought me into regular contact with Google as an external partner for the last five years. I won’t go into specifics, other than to

I have a job role that has brought me into regular contact with Google as an external partner for the last five years. I won’t go into specifics, other than to say that what used to be admiration has entirely faded. Their culture really turns me off. I am a mid-30’s white male, for the record. A few months ago, I visited one of their main campus locations. When I walked in the door, there was a group of female employees huddled in the lobby having some sort of private discussion. When they saw me walk in the door, I received what I can only describe as a “death glare” from them. I felt like I was walking into a junior high school cafeteria and interrupted the cheerleader table. It was at that level of childish tribalism and latent tension. I know this sounds thin skinned. I regularly have been involved with Amazon, Microsoft and others and never got a vibe approaching open cliquish behavior. I talked about it to some minority friends and their response was: “well maybe that is how minorities are used to being looked at in these environments.” I can’t remember ever giving anyone a death stare in my career because they were a minority or due to their gender. I wouldn’t work there.