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It’s disappointing to see google lacking basic self awareness like this. Ten years ago they seemed highly competent and nearly unstoppable.
by valine 3y ago
It’s disappointing to see google lacking basic self awareness like this. Ten years ago they seemed highly competent and nearly unstoppable.
- RankingMember 3y agoI wonder if bringing Larry and Sergey back into day-to-day leadership roles would help. They've been out of the day-to-day so long I wonder how long the ramp-up time would be, though.
- graypegg 3y agoI don't know the specifics, but I can only imagine Google is too big to have a single "thought leader" at this point. The many layers of middle management that are already implemented are probably the source of a lot of this. It is shocking to hear the higher ups saying this stuff, but I don't think swapping them out would change much.
- zelphirkalt 3y agoMy guess is, that people simply do not get into management positions at G, if they are not fully onboard or brainwashed enough or greedy enough for the next paycheck, to state obvious nonsense, if that is what is good for G.
- plorkyeran 3y agoThe rumor is that neither of them has even the slightest interest in ever being involved in running Google again.
- camtarn 3y agoTen-ish years ago, Google was still trying to make Google Plus work. I don't think it's been a particularly competent company for a long time.
- dvngnt_ 3y agoGoogle plus circles is still a genius idea. Google's problem now is they give up too easy and no one relies on them outside of core products