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And in 2009 they gave everyone a phone (Nexus One or G1, I don't remember) for Christmas instead of a $1K cash bonus... and then that one guy complained loudly
by khazhoux 5y ago
And in 2009 they gave everyone a phone (Nexus One or G1, I don't remember) for Christmas instead of a $1K cash bonus... and then that one guy complained loudly (on eng.misc?) that he didn't need a phone and didn't want this phone, and the phone would impact his taxes even though he never asked for it, and complained that the phone was a terrible gift and even worse than a gift, and people told him to just donate it to his damn family and he would yell "but I'm still responsible for the taxes on this thing!" even though it was clearly explained that he wasn't. Over ten years later, I'm still shaking my head at how a few extremely toxic people could so effectively poison the culture and good spirits of thousands of employees.
- dekhn 5y agothe first time it was a G1, that would have been my first year so I think it was 2008. That wasn't the best phone (although I loved the keyboard). I ported a physics engine to it, and it ran, but the phone got very hot very quickly. The next year was the nexus one, the excitement was palpable. The nexus one was truly sexy at the time, definitely the first android phone that I loved. As for that Googler- well, there were always a bunch of people there who had some or another circumstance that made them incompatible with the larger Google culture.
- gedy 5y ago> I'm still shaking my head at how a few extremely toxic people could so effectively poison the culture and good spirits of thousands of employees. But I'm assuming he did great at the whiteboard interview! Being sarcastic but I've always been surprised how some really terrible personalities are hired because they aced the tech quizzes.
- creato 5y agoPeople change after they’ve adapted to their new circumstances.
- Arainach 5y agoA Google onsite has an entire interview dedicated solely to Googliness and Leadership (which is supposed to fill this role).
- seedless-sensat 5y agoThat was only introduced 2018 or so
- Arainach 5y agoBefore then, every interviewer was expected to give feedback on such capabilities through asking questions about the candidate's history.
- khazhoux 5y agoOpposite of what I saw in my time there. Interviews focused little if at all on the person’s actual history and experience. Just pre-baked questions. Maybe I was surrounded by idiot interviewers.