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When I worked at Google, there was always this sinister edge to all corporate events and communications and their culture, in general. It was like that Star Tre

When I worked at Google, there was always this sinister edge to all corporate events and communications and their culture, in general. It was like that Star Trek episode - everything is paradise unless you commit a transgression. Any transgression, even minor, would result in your termination. In the Star Trek episode, it meant death, at Google, luckily, it just meant an involuntary "resignation".

worker767424 6y ago
I'm pretty sure you're also describing Singapore.
zests 6y ago
Is there a large corporation that is not an enormous faceless entity resembling 'Big Brother'? All it takes is one person above you in the corporate ladder to not like you and you're done for. They could dislike you for any number of reasons including trivial aspects of your personality or a one off comment that got interpreted wrongly.
yongjik 6y ago
Well, I mean, it depends on what you mean by "transgression", but when I worked at Google the following are lists of things that were not considered transgression: * Saying a high profile project is botched, mismanaged, and doomed to fail. (Anyone remember google+?) * Mocking and criticizing the SVP who led the project. * Rejoicing in the departure of the said SVP. * Talking about one of the founders having an affair. (Well, to be fair, the news broke outside first.) * Memes disagreeing with company decisions, including one that literally said "What the fuck are you doing" for firing someone. * And, last but not least, complaining that the quality of microkitchen has gone downhill since $(the year you joined).
thu2111 6y ago
No clue what part of Google you worked at but that's the exact opposite of the company I worked at. Non-eng lived in fear of eng employees because the latter were widely seen as unfireable regardless of how bizarre or problematic their behaviour could become.

worker767424 6y ago

I'm pretty sure you're also describing Singapore.

zests 6y ago

Is there a large corporation that is not an enormous faceless entity resembling 'Big Brother'? All it takes is one person above you in the corporate ladder to not like you and you're done for. They could dislike you for any number of reasons including trivial aspects of your personality or a one off comment that got interpreted wrongly.

yongjik 6y ago

Well, I mean, it depends on what you mean by "transgression", but when I worked at Google the following are lists of things that were not considered transgression: * Saying a high profile project is botched, mismanaged, and doomed to fail. (Anyone remember google+?) * Mocking and criticizing the SVP who led the project. * Rejoicing in the departure of the said SVP. * Talking about one of the founders having an affair. (Well, to be fair, the news broke outside first.) * Memes disagreeing with company decisions, including one that literally said "What the fuck are you doing" for firing someone. * And, last but not least, complaining that the quality of microkitchen has gone downhill since $(the year you joined).

thu2111 6y ago

No clue what part of Google you worked at but that's the exact opposite of the company I worked at. Non-eng lived in fear of eng employees because the latter were widely seen as unfireable regardless of how bizarre or problematic their behaviour could become.