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That's not what I've seen. Transferring to Mountain View requires to re-interview. Satellite offices like Waterloo being harder to be hired into while simultan

That's not what I've seen. Transferring to Mountain View requires to re-interview. Satellite offices like Waterloo being harder to be hired into while simultaneously paying a fraction of Mountain View sounds... a little far fetched. There's probably more filtering happening at the satellite branch however. Just with the North Acquisition, they hired exactly nobody and shipped the product back to Mountain View right away.

cmrdporcupine 6y ago
There's nothing far-fetched about compensation being less in Waterloo vs Silicon Valley due to factors unrelated to "skill". Google indexes compensation by cost of living. Not sure what the disconnect here is, since that's the origin of the topic chain. Also not sure where you get off making claims about people's skill levels, or who you are and what your knowledge of Google is, but you're making some very questionable claims. There's a reason Google has an office in Waterloo and it's growing aggressively, and it isn't to get lower quality or cheaper talent. Saying it's a "fraction of MTV" is also exaggerating. Google pays generously in Canada. Maybe you should apply and see how loose the standards are. There's no re-interview to move between offices or countries. The only "interview" would be to be accepted onto a team at the destination and then request the transfer. I know people who have gone both ways. For what it's worth, these days more people seem to be coming back to Canada than the other way around. Ability to move around is actually one of the perks of Google employment. As for acquisitions, I came into Google via acquisition 9 years ago. Of a company divided between US and Toronto. I am not privy to the details on North, and I haven't met those people yet because of not being in the office due to COVID etc, but they report up into the same general product area as me. They definitely brought in many of those people as employees in Waterloo. If it's like the acquisition I was part of, not everyone gets an offer, some get put on contract, etc.
jogjayr 6y ago
> Transferring to Mountain View requires to re-interview I've never heard of this and I know multiple people who have transferred. There is usually a team-fit interview with the new manager and maybe one of your new teammates (if you want that). But you have that even when changing teams in the same office.

cmrdporcupine 6y ago

There's nothing far-fetched about compensation being less in Waterloo vs Silicon Valley due to factors unrelated to "skill". Google indexes compensation by cost of living. Not sure what the disconnect here is, since that's the origin of the topic chain. Also not sure where you get off making claims about people's skill levels, or who you are and what your knowledge of Google is, but you're making some very questionable claims. There's a reason Google has an office in Waterloo and it's growing aggressively, and it isn't to get lower quality or cheaper talent. Saying it's a "fraction of MTV" is also exaggerating. Google pays generously in Canada. Maybe you should apply and see how loose the standards are. There's no re-interview to move between offices or countries. The only "interview" would be to be accepted onto a team at the destination and then request the transfer. I know people who have gone both ways. For what it's worth, these days more people seem to be coming back to Canada than the other way around. Ability to move around is actually one of the perks of Google employment. As for acquisitions, I came into Google via acquisition 9 years ago. Of a company divided between US and Toronto. I am not privy to the details on North, and I haven't met those people yet because of not being in the office due to COVID etc, but they report up into the same general product area as me. They definitely brought in many of those people as employees in Waterloo. If it's like the acquisition I was part of, not everyone gets an offer, some get put on contract, etc.

jogjayr 6y ago

> Transferring to Mountain View requires to re-interview I've never heard of this and I know multiple people who have transferred. There is usually a team-fit interview with the new manager and maybe one of your new teammates (if you want that). But you have that even when changing teams in the same office.