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"VP" has become, not just for Google, a title you get instead of a raise. You know, to make you feel you are getting somewhere with your career without breaking
by lmilcin 7y ago
"VP" has become, not just for Google, a title you get instead of a raise. You know, to make you feel you are getting somewhere with your career without breaking the budget.
Haven't worked for Google but I worked for couple large banks (Credit Suisse, currently Citi) and VP is currently synonym for line manager. You can be Associate VP without having anybody report to you, just a senior contributor.
- username90 7y agoAt Google VP is equivalent to CXO roles, so it is not that kind of "fake" VP.
- frei 7y agoAre you thinking of SVP?
- username90 7y agoEven if you just take SVP don't they have like a hundred of them? I feel it would go a lot better if they put more wood behind fewer arrows (VP+ people). Then maybe a few projects would stick.
- foobaw 7y agoSVP is a big deal in Google actually.
- username90 7y agoYes that is the problem, having like a hundred people who are a big deal means that the company has no direction.
- taurath 7y agoThe company is tens of thousands of people. At some point theres a limit to how flat one can be.
- username90 7y agoThe current system is too flat, it is not like Sundar can control that many SVP's alone. Instead you have SVP's managing SVP's etc. Who is there to put the foot down ? I'd be fine with it if there was a level above that who kept them in check.
- brewdad 7y agoAnd lo the Executive SVP position shall be created!
- 1024core 7y agoBanks and Wall Street are pretty liberal with "VP" titles. There they give you that title so the person you meet (to make a deal) thinks you are serious and sent a VP to sell. Tech companies, not as much.
- redisman 7y agoCan confirm. Source: American Psycho
- anongraddebt 7y ago"Let's see Paul Allen's card. Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh, my God. It even has a watermark."
- JMTQp8lwXL 7y agoThis might be true, but also anybody who is a VP is making $1M+ a year. They're certainly in good hands.
- refurb 7y agoIt’s not the same at Google. Yes, someone 2 years post-MBA with 5 direct reports can be a VP in banking. At google VPs have hundreds of people reporting to them.