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Google is notoriously stupid about remote work. While bunch of people did it under the rag or by special arrangements, default policy was “no”. They run infamou
by vl 5y ago
Google is notoriously stupid about remote work. While bunch of people did it under the rag or by special arrangements, default policy was “no”. They run infamous “defrags” by trying consolidating projects in fewer location in process fucking up teams, products and making people leave.
Anyway, here probably HR got a sniff of employee relocating, and while they emailed back-and-forth arguing, it pissed him enough that he decided to bug out. Or maybe some manager used this as opportunity to skillfully kick him out presenting it on the outside as “error”.
- ghaff 5y agoSome variant on this seems likely. I know someone who is something of an industry name and he got hired at Google. His working remotely was tolerated--until it wasn't and he ended up leaving. It certainly sounds as if OP moving to Portland was the proximate issue which he either couldn't resolve or he just decided that he couldn't be bothered to seriously try to resolve it. There are times when you're half ready to move on and a bump in the road can be all it takes.