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I worked at Google for three years. It was a great experience and I mainly left because I had grown accustomed to remote work and was planning on moving back to
by jchw 4y ago
I worked at Google for three years. It was a great experience and I mainly left because I had grown accustomed to remote work and was planning on moving back to live closer to family after having a falling out with the bay area.
I do get the impression that people have had vastly differing experiences at Google, but the culture was very laid back. Deadline pressure existed, but ultimately it never felt that bad: if we weren't going to hit it, we weren't going to hit it. It happened.
>Get the promotion in 2 years or get fired
I don't think this is true. I'm pretty sure once you're L4 or so you can pretty much coast. I heard a similar thing when I was at Google, but knew of many counter examples within my circle of coworkers.
- super256 4y agoFirst: Thank you for sharing your experience! But I have one question, I'd be glad to get some clarification. > I'm pretty sure once you're L4 or so you can pretty much coast. I heard a similar thing when I was at Google, but knew of many counter examples within my circle of coworkers. Do you mean that there are employees who were below L4 and have not been promoted in the past two years? Or do you mean that you know employees, who are L4, but haven't promoted to L5 in the past two years? In general, it seems (judging from HN comments) like L4 is the minimum growth expectation.
- jchw 4y agoI am not sure if it is ladder-dependent but yes, you can stay at L3 for longer without getting fired. Not sure if there's actually a set limit anywhere, and I suspect it's more of a rule of thumb.