engineering is a hard field to be in. everybody thinks they are super smart and smarter than the rest. this is true especially with googlers and in general in t

engineering is a hard field to be in. everybody thinks they are super smart and smarter than the rest. this is true especially with googlers and in general in the bay area. it borders on the delusional. the crab bucket mentality is real and the result of peope not reflecting on the industry in general. fear creates micromanagement. so, your colleague should take it all with a grain of salt and focus on what is important to her and what she wants to achieve. even if she did a crazy good job she would still get a lame evaluation and some talk about the raise is for next year. tell her to relax, read books and practice skills and make sure to network and learn how to negotiate, such that when the time comes, she can jump ship.