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Sundar spends most of his internal facing time talking about racial equity and less about actual business. Source: Googler friends.

kenjackson 5y ago
Really? Externally Google gives the appearance that it doesn't care about racial equity.
- throwaway3699 5y ago
  https://about.google/intl/ALL_uk/commitments/racialequity/ https://about.google/intl/ALL_uk/commitments/racialequity/
UncleMeat 5y ago
That's ridiculous. There are a handful of emails about the former topic and there are numerous hour long events where Sundar talks about other aspects the business.
- _euac 5y ago
  Meh, the outrage crowd in Hacker News is ridiculous. Any level of effort to make a company more inclusive as criticized as the company being 'too woke'. Meanwhile, Google's market cap has exploded in recent years. Lots of people too scared of 'cancel culture' (read: being caught and having to pay the consequences) around here.
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rabuse 5y ago
This is why I've turned down a couple recruiters for Google. It's just not worth it anymore for me.
- osipov 5y ago
  It is amazing how the company went downhill in a few short years.
- tolbish 5y ago
  Would you consider working at Apple? They are also quite vocal about issues like racial justice. They still seem to be praised as an employer, though.
  - ipaddr 5y ago
    I thought Apple was looked down as a cult secret culture kind of place. Not sure I've heard any praise by anyone aside from large pay and fun to work on cool products.
    - tolbish 5y ago
      Both of those things apply to pretty much every big company. As far as reputation as an employer goes, Apple is certainly ahead of Facebook and Amazon.
      - ipaddr 5y ago
        In what regard is Apple better? Pay / Options / Wfh / office parties, freebies, offices, 20% personal projects?
- 1-6 5y ago
  When inflation sets food prices skyrocketing, cafes and microkitchens will look better than ever as part of the benefits.
dheera 5y ago
Not a Googler but I think that's great, personally. Google has already found a stable business model and racial equity is a problem.

kenjackson 5y ago

Really? Externally Google gives the appearance that it doesn't care about racial equity.

throwaway3699 5y ago
https://about.google/intl/ALL_uk/commitments/racialequity/ https://about.google/intl/ALL_uk/commitments/racialequity/

UncleMeat 5y ago

That's ridiculous. There are a handful of emails about the former topic and there are numerous hour long events where Sundar talks about other aspects the business.

_euac 5y ago
Meh, the outrage crowd in Hacker News is ridiculous. Any level of effort to make a company more inclusive as criticized as the company being 'too woke'. Meanwhile, Google's market cap has exploded in recent years. Lots of people too scared of 'cancel culture' (read: being caught and having to pay the consequences) around here.
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rabuse 5y ago

This is why I've turned down a couple recruiters for Google. It's just not worth it anymore for me.

osipov 5y ago
It is amazing how the company went downhill in a few short years.
tolbish 5y ago
Would you consider working at Apple? They are also quite vocal about issues like racial justice. They still seem to be praised as an employer, though.
- ipaddr 5y ago
  I thought Apple was looked down as a cult secret culture kind of place. Not sure I've heard any praise by anyone aside from large pay and fun to work on cool products.
  - tolbish 5y ago
    Both of those things apply to pretty much every big company. As far as reputation as an employer goes, Apple is certainly ahead of Facebook and Amazon.
    - ipaddr 5y ago
      In what regard is Apple better? Pay / Options / Wfh / office parties, freebies, offices, 20% personal projects?
1-6 5y ago
When inflation sets food prices skyrocketing, cafes and microkitchens will look better than ever as part of the benefits.

dheera 5y ago

Not a Googler but I think that's great, personally. Google has already found a stable business model and racial equity is a problem.