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This won’t get positive traction here but whatever: I was in an elevator in Austin a few years ago for a conference. Older guy, mid 50’s maybe, gets on and say
by zionic 6y ago
This won’t get positive traction here but whatever: I was in an elevator in Austin a few years ago for a conference.
Older guy, mid 50’s maybe, gets on and says “oh are you a googler?” Me: “Are you? Him: “Yeah I’m in XXXX group” Me: “That’s disgusting, Google is an evil company and you should quit”.
Dude was visibly shocked, and I got off the elevator and never saw him again. If more people told the employees of surveillance capitalism company’s just how terrible they are for working for them they’d have a lot harder time recruiting.
- joshspankit 6y agoI feel like the tide is shifting. Original Google said “Don’t be evil”, and the employees stood up for the integrity of the company when needed. Now, Alphabet as the large company did not bring over that motto, and in fact Google has now removed it. And if the things we see publicly are accurate, the employee’s faith in Google is shaken.
- vvG94KbDUtRa 6y agoso you were a total dick to a random person and you're writing this story like you're the hero?
- unix_fan 6y agoI believe that’s being rude for no actual reason.
- ss248 6y agoThere is a clear reason - to make them uncomfortable. Nobody forced them to work there, and it is obvious to everyone what kind of future they are building there. If you exchange your soul for a good paycheck, this is just what you get. The alternative is "Oh, you work at Schutzstaffel? That's cool!". That he has done is morally correct.
- LordDragonfang 6y agoGoogle has an absolute overabundance of people lining up to work for them. Telling the moral people that they should quit just results in a company filled with amoral people.