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Last year I had the opportunity to work with some Xooglers. According to their CVs an Linkedin they were with Google for a year or two. All with job titles that
by franze 6y ago
Last year I had the opportunity to work with some Xooglers. According to their CVs an Linkedin they were with Google for a year or two. All with job titles that trim down to project managers. All very junior.
Still, considering that Google only hires the best of the best I expected to work with ambitious, clever people.
They were the worst. The showed me graphs, fancy presentations and project plans in some saas tools (lots of them).
I soon realized that they did not have a clue what they were doing. Neither could they answer ”who does what when" nor even show defined measurable goals for the projects they were managing. And they were not able to make any decisions at all.
If they are an example of Googles middle (project) management it's quite clear why Google does not progress anymore in 2020 and lots of their products rot away on an at best mediocre level.
In my point of view Google needs a major crisis (like Microsoft under the late Balmer) before it becomes the innovationleader again - which it once has been.
- muglug 6y agoI'm not entirely certain that your anecdata about ex-Google project managers (who only lasted a year there) has much bearing on this article.
- franze 6y agoIt's anecdotal. The question behind it is: "How does such obvious broken features like ’featured snippets for phone number searches' make it into production?" Obviously there are working lots of very clever people at Google, so why is Google putting out so much subpar products and features? Weak middle management is my explanation, there might be others.
- gk1 6y agoSaying “the late Balmer” suggests he died. He is still alive.
- nwallin 6y agoThis is why it's a red flag to have been with a company for "a year or two" before moving on. Did you call Google HR and ask if they're eligible for rehire?