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Check out other reports - he clearly was enabled by lary for a long time by letting him get away with anything (self-dealing, employee abuse, borderline illegal

Check out other reports - he clearly was enabled by lary for a long time by letting him get away with anything (self-dealing, employee abuse, borderline illegal stuff, etc). Not surprising he felt invincible after this. Just like with social clusterfuck Lary bears at least part of the blame here.

curious_fella1 7y ago
Do you have any sources? I haven't heard of that (although it would hardly surprise me), would be curious to read.
- OBLIQUE_PILLAR 7y ago
  look in this story for "expense report" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/did-uber-steal-googles-intellectual-property https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/did-uber-steal...
- TuringNYC 7y ago
  https://www.wired.com/story/god-is-a-bot-and-anthony-levandowski-is-his-messenger/?verso=true https://www.wired.com/story/god-is-a-bot-and-anthony-levando...
on_and_off 7y ago
Between this, andy rubin, and all the nest stories, the "leadership" at google has demonstrated a willingness to enable tons of borderline behaviors.
- minwcnt5 7y ago
  The common denominator is Larry Page. He has great technical vision, but it's evident that he is an awful judge of character and a poor manager who was out of touch with what was really going on and unable to exert control over his reports. I was there when Eric Schmidt was CEO and don't recall any management issues. Larry takes over, and one of his first big things that happened was the G+ fiasco. Larry just sat back and watched that mess unfold. His whole tenure was marred by hiring sleazy execs like Gundotra, Levandowski, Fadell, and Rubin and letting them do whatever they wanted. Sundar is better, but he lacks the authenticity that Eric had. To be sure, there are lots of reasons not to like Eric, but he was easily the most effective CEO Google had in my mind.
  - on_and_off 7y ago
    Not the first time I hear something like this. It looks like many googlers fondly remember the Eric era. It is a shame Google does not have better executives, for years it has acted like a headless chicken.

curious_fella1 7y ago

Do you have any sources? I haven't heard of that (although it would hardly surprise me), would be curious to read.

OBLIQUE_PILLAR 7y ago
look in this story for "expense report" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/did-uber-steal-googles-intellectual-property https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/did-uber-steal...
TuringNYC 7y ago
https://www.wired.com/story/god-is-a-bot-and-anthony-levandowski-is-his-messenger/?verso=true https://www.wired.com/story/god-is-a-bot-and-anthony-levando...

on_and_off 7y ago

Between this, andy rubin, and all the nest stories, the "leadership" at google has demonstrated a willingness to enable tons of borderline behaviors.

minwcnt5 7y ago
The common denominator is Larry Page. He has great technical vision, but it's evident that he is an awful judge of character and a poor manager who was out of touch with what was really going on and unable to exert control over his reports. I was there when Eric Schmidt was CEO and don't recall any management issues. Larry takes over, and one of his first big things that happened was the G+ fiasco. Larry just sat back and watched that mess unfold. His whole tenure was marred by hiring sleazy execs like Gundotra, Levandowski, Fadell, and Rubin and letting them do whatever they wanted. Sundar is better, but he lacks the authenticity that Eric had. To be sure, there are lots of reasons not to like Eric, but he was easily the most effective CEO Google had in my mind.
- on_and_off 7y ago
  Not the first time I hear something like this. It looks like many googlers fondly remember the Eric era. It is a shame Google does not have better executives, for years it has acted like a headless chicken.