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Just to point out, Urs Hölzle was the employee no. 8 at Google. Why are the lowly minions so pissed, he can work from wherever he wants, or not!

• pbourke 5y ago
  Hypocrisy is not an endearing leadership trait
  • asadlionpk 5y ago
    Sure but does employee no. xxx,xxx have so much of their head up their arse that they feel entitled to deserve equal working benefits as The 8th Googler?
    • untererdisch 5y ago
      Yes
• selcuka 5y ago
  Of course he can work from wherever he wants. The problem is, if he thinks that remote working is bad, he shouldn't do it either.
  • chii 5y ago
    he thinks it's bad for other engineers under him - but not for himself, since he can trust himself to do the work properly.
    • Peritract 5y ago
      If he doesn't trust the engineers under him to work without constant supervision, then he has a huge recruitment/management issue to deal with.
• nr2x 5y ago
  His "fuck you" money has its own "fuck you" money...but if he doesn't want to work in the same circumstances as everybody else, why not just retire?
  • qbasic_forever 5y ago
    When you're employee #8 at one of the biggest technology companies in history, and help create and drive almsot everything that got the company there... the idea of retirement and doing nothing is horrifyingly boring to some people.
  • johnnyanmac 5y ago
    in the end Google opted for WFH, however. I heard it metaphorized like this: if a congress member votes against some healthcare bill but it gets approved, does that congress member lose the ability to apply? I'm sure there's some Schadenfreude thinking about it, but logistically it doesn't make much sense.
• uchman 5y ago
  I’m a Googler minion and I approve this message. Dude paid his dues. Inasmuch as we all want to be treated equally, there’s reward for hard work.