On the flipside as I've seen from Google if you're already an attractive enough target for potential employees to pay the price of ramp-up the privacy of your s

On the flipside as I've seen from Google if you're already an attractive enough target for potential employees to pay the price of ramp-up the privacy of your stack serves to lock those employees that prove worthwhile into experience that's non-transferrable were they to explore other options. Granted G is special as anyone hiring knows but I don't imagine they're the only ones aware of and playing that game.