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It’s pretty apparent that they think people who don’t work for google are vastly inferior human beings. It honestly runs counter to their “social justice” facad
by lowiqengineer 6y ago
It’s pretty apparent that they think people who don’t work for google are vastly inferior human beings. It honestly runs counter to their “social justice” facade.
- monadic2 6y agoI really think this is unreasonable. Even at google there are different subcultures, including many with an anti-corporate streak. Furthermore I’m not going to blame an employee for not sticking out their neck for client businesses who also don’t give a shit about them. This isn’t a problem of individual providence. Google needs a damn union just to get some reason in the building.
- microcolonel 6y ago> Google needs a damn union just to get some reason in the building. The problem is not mainly with how Google treats their employees (though there's definitely something wrong there), but with how they treat their customers.
- lowiqengineer 6y agoIts true - they believe themselves to be so damn smart they behave with rank condescension towards everyone else as the "top 1% of intelligence".
- thejynxed 6y agoIf they were so smart their lunch wouldn't be getting eaten by the likes of Amazon.
- monadic2 6y agoI was referring to the use of a union to give employees say about the products they make. They provide collective leverage far more broadly than in the negotiation of work conditions and compensation and can negotiate directly with the board, who would normally go to great lengths to avoid speaking to their own employees (in my experience). Hell, I’ve met more investors footing my salary than board members per se, and they definitely have zero interest in employee negotiations—that’s what management is for.
- fortran77 6y agoNobody who get a Google paycheck has a sincere "anti-corporate" streak.
- cft 6y agoAn anecdote: I was running my bootstraped company with 5 employees when in 2013 I suddenly started getting Google recruiting emails about once every 4 days. They wanted me for a "role" of a SRE, probably because I asked stack overflow sysadmin questions. I never responded.
- klyrs 6y ago> Google needs a damn union just to get some reason in the building. I'm pretty pro-union in general but I don't follow your reasoning. Cops are unionized, and when they murder innocent civilians in broad daylight, the unions are right behind to pay for their legal defense. Unions don't bring reason to a workforce; they merely represent that workforce.
- dialamac 6y ago> including many with an anti-corporate streak. So basically the worst form of slacktivist hypocrites.
- monadic2 6y agoI was not looking to start an argument; you are entitled to your opinions, at least.
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- dialamac 6y agoI’m not arguing either. But dude, google? Google!? Its business is selling ads for corporations. A google software engineer can get a job at countless places including nonprofits sometimes making close to google money, but even if they made half that income they would be living more comfortably than 3/4s of the US. Anti corporate soapbox or google job, please just pick one.