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I have to say, I think the article has a very poor title. Most of the people discussed said they really liked working at Google, most of the time. They felt the
by kaitai 7y ago
I have to say, I think the article has a very poor title. Most of the people discussed said they really liked working at Google, most of the time. They felt their jobs were interesting, did important work, and had impact.
The "misery" I think is talking about the company, not the employees per se. None of the employees in the article claimed they were miserable... and as you can see the simple word "misery" has totally allowed the conversation to bypass anything substantive about Google's policies and focus only on feeeeeelings that aren't even in the article.
I think someone could be miserable at Google. Humans have a remarkable capacity for misery in all sorts of circumstances!
- humanrebar 7y ago> None of the employees in the article claimed they were miserable Not in so many words, but many quit for cultural reasons and (at least perceived) retaliation. Others are engaged in lawsuits, presumably not out of pure joy.
- kaitai 7y agoWhat's interesting is that the folks in the article who quit are about half on the 'right' and half on the 'left'. Does this mean Google is doing things well.... or not?
- RestlessMind 7y agoReading the article, I got a sense that the ones who quit seem to be the outliers who were more interested in pursuing non-work related goals rather than focusing on work. Good for Google, it seems!