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Not sure what the author expected Google to do. Are they supposed to have individual meetings and a farewell party with 10K (ex) employees? My dad worked for th

Not sure what the author expected Google to do. Are they supposed to have individual meetings and a farewell party with 10K (ex) employees? My dad worked for the same company for 35 years then retired. In my 20 year career I have worked for at least half a dozen companies. There's no such thing as job security anymore, as long as you are employed by someone else you are disposable, no matter how hard you work and how loyal you are to your employer. If investors want more dividends they will let people go, doesn't matter if you are sick or just bought a new house. Actually the person making the decision to fire you probably doesn't even know your name. Think about how depressing that is. For that reason I became a consultant. It sounds harder and scarier than it actually is, but once you figure it out you realize how much more enjoyable working for yourself is and there's absolutely no way you will ever work anyone else again. I hope some of these ex Google folks take this opportunity to do something on their own.

jdsully 4y ago
> Are they supposed to have individual meetings Yes? Surely they have managers proportional to their employees - I certainly don't expect the CEO to have the meetings but having their direct or skip level manager meet with them is the right way to do it.
- aix1 4y ago
  The GP paints individual meetings as an infeasible, far-fetched idea. However, Google has held individual meetings in some non-US jurisdictions, where the ratio of management to front-line workers is comparable to that in the US. This shows that it's not infeasible, it's a choice.
blastonico 4y ago
> Not sure what the author expected Google to do. Don't get that either. The company is not my mother or my wife, it's just a professional relationship; they buy my hours to produce what they want me to. If they don't want my services anymore, of if I don't want to provide my services to them, it's fine, life goes on. Now, there's this sad article, with a sad lady framed like she has just cried, like if it's the end of world. Yeah, Google was the best company once, Rome was the most powerful nation once, things change and get over it. Sorry for the rant.
kajecounterhack 4y ago
"How do you maximize talent preservation and minimize morale loss when firing employees from a tree structure with height O(15), where each level under SVP (2) may have layoffs?" Feels like the execs didn't answer this interview question well. There were better ways to accomplish this.
croes 4y ago
I doubt that these 10k all have the same supervisor, so it's totally possible to tell everyone in person.
optymizer 4y ago
Are you aware that developers have 1:1 meetings with their manager, regularly? It's entirely practical for them to schedule meetings and tell people in person.

jdsully 4y ago

> Are they supposed to have individual meetings Yes? Surely they have managers proportional to their employees - I certainly don't expect the CEO to have the meetings but having their direct or skip level manager meet with them is the right way to do it.

aix1 4y ago
The GP paints individual meetings as an infeasible, far-fetched idea. However, Google has held individual meetings in some non-US jurisdictions, where the ratio of management to front-line workers is comparable to that in the US. This shows that it's not infeasible, it's a choice.

blastonico 4y ago

> Not sure what the author expected Google to do. Don't get that either. The company is not my mother or my wife, it's just a professional relationship; they buy my hours to produce what they want me to. If they don't want my services anymore, of if I don't want to provide my services to them, it's fine, life goes on. Now, there's this sad article, with a sad lady framed like she has just cried, like if it's the end of world. Yeah, Google was the best company once, Rome was the most powerful nation once, things change and get over it. Sorry for the rant.

kajecounterhack 4y ago

"How do you maximize talent preservation and minimize morale loss when firing employees from a tree structure with height O(15), where each level under SVP (2) may have layoffs?" Feels like the execs didn't answer this interview question well. There were better ways to accomplish this.

croes 4y ago

I doubt that these 10k all have the same supervisor, so it's totally possible to tell everyone in person.

optymizer 4y ago

Are you aware that developers have 1:1 meetings with their manager, regularly? It's entirely practical for them to schedule meetings and tell people in person.