> And as much as a reader might think it highlights dysfunction at Google, the continued growth and success of Waze within Google argues otherwise. Some of the

> And as much as a reader might think it highlights dysfunction at Google, the continued growth and success of Waze within Google argues otherwise. Some of the most dysfunctional work environments I've worked in followed periods of great business success. The marketplace success can obscure a slow descent into workplace dysfunction. When the profits are rolling in, it's easy to have large swaths of dysfunctional managers and teams blend in, and nobody is looking too hard. It's when the profits come back to earth that the teams are forced to excise the dysfunction or face failure.