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Wasn't laid off (end of contract) but spent ~3 months looking and interviewing for jobs. Applied to about 30 positions, heard back from 3 and received 1 offer

by tfsh 4y ago

Wasn't laid off (end of contract) but spent ~3 months looking and interviewing for jobs. Applied to about 30 positions, heard back from 3 and received 1 offer for Google. Didn't exactly give me confidence about the future when I may be looking for another job... YOE: 3

tombh 4y ago
Does "heard back from 3" include even acknowledgments that you made contact?
j33zusjuice 4y ago
Dude. You got an offer from Google. How do you not have confidence for the future?! Google took you! Who cares what the places that didn’t take you think? *GOOGLE* thinks you’re good. That’s a hell of a statement. But getting a job at Google tells you that your overall skillset was not the problem. You just didn’t match the other positions as well as some others for some reason. FAANG level jobs are always hard to get, always hyper-competitive. You’re obviously good enough to be there, so the worst case scenario is likely that you’d have to leave the prestige of FAANG and similar. You’ll be employable for as long as you want to be, I’m sure.
- aix1 4y ago
  To add to that, hiring is very slow at Google right now. Kudos on getting an offer (even if you're not going to take it).
- bityard 4y ago
  Google may pay well and look good to future employers, but the internet is littered with stories about Google's weird promotion-driven-development culture and the stress/disappointment it can cause. I genuinely wish GP the best but it's not a company I would want to work for if I had another option.
  - hbn 4y ago
    If I ended up at Google I'd probably keep my head way down, only showing up and getting the work done because everything about it seems like a toxic work environment these days. But I can't help but think it's worth leveraging an offer like that, if not only as a favor to your future self. Go in planning to work for like a year, near the end start looking for a jobs and I have a feeling there will be a ton of companies drooling at someone wanting to leave Google for them. But you do you!
    - betterthanlast 4y ago
      Agreed. I got offered an interview at Google years ago and passed on it hard. On the one hand I feel like I should regret the money they I may have made, but honestly I regret nothing... Sometimes the fit matters more than the money and I would've hated my life there.
- Der_Einzige 4y ago
  Googles prestige is on the decline. Blind is filled with posts talking about Google culture turning toxic. Googles stock has performed quite badly with the downturn, and the heat is being turned up on the workers. Compare it to place like Salesforce or Oracle or Intel or IBM. Salesforce and Oracle may actually beat the google offer too since Google is low balling a lot these days.
Xenoamorphous 4y ago
Now that Google will be in your resume I'm sure you won't have any trouble finding jobs in the future.

by tfsh 4y ago

tombh 4y ago

Does "heard back from 3" include even acknowledgments that you made contact?

j33zusjuice 4y ago

Dude. You got an offer from Google. How do you not have confidence for the future?! Google took you! Who cares what the places that didn’t take you think? *GOOGLE* thinks you’re good. That’s a hell of a statement. But getting a job at Google tells you that your overall skillset was not the problem. You just didn’t match the other positions as well as some others for some reason. FAANG level jobs are always hard to get, always hyper-competitive. You’re obviously good enough to be there, so the worst case scenario is likely that you’d have to leave the prestige of FAANG and similar. You’ll be employable for as long as you want to be, I’m sure.

aix1 4y ago
To add to that, hiring is very slow at Google right now. Kudos on getting an offer (even if you're not going to take it).
bityard 4y ago
Google may pay well and look good to future employers, but the internet is littered with stories about Google's weird promotion-driven-development culture and the stress/disappointment it can cause. I genuinely wish GP the best but it's not a company I would want to work for if I had another option.
- hbn 4y ago
  If I ended up at Google I'd probably keep my head way down, only showing up and getting the work done because everything about it seems like a toxic work environment these days. But I can't help but think it's worth leveraging an offer like that, if not only as a favor to your future self. Go in planning to work for like a year, near the end start looking for a jobs and I have a feeling there will be a ton of companies drooling at someone wanting to leave Google for them. But you do you!
  - betterthanlast 4y ago
    Agreed. I got offered an interview at Google years ago and passed on it hard. On the one hand I feel like I should regret the money they I may have made, but honestly I regret nothing... Sometimes the fit matters more than the money and I would've hated my life there.
Der_Einzige 4y ago
Googles prestige is on the decline. Blind is filled with posts talking about Google culture turning toxic. Googles stock has performed quite badly with the downturn, and the heat is being turned up on the workers. Compare it to place like Salesforce or Oracle or Intel or IBM. Salesforce and Oracle may actually beat the google offer too since Google is low balling a lot these days.

Xenoamorphous 4y ago

Now that Google will be in your resume I'm sure you won't have any trouble finding jobs in the future.