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Ouch. Yeah, a friend of mine at G seems to be in this position. Why do tech companies think that hitting a plateau is a bad thing? Someone who's not going to f

by kabdib 15y ago

Ouch. Yeah, a friend of mine at G seems to be in this position. Why do tech companies think that hitting a plateau is a bad thing? Someone who's not going to further advance and who is productive and happy should be allowed to remain happily churning stuff out, with no pressure to hit the next ranking, or be ousted, or be unable to move. (I've seen some demotions at my company, which was basically recognition that "Okay, we want to keep you, and in the past we had to promote you to do that because of the fucked-up stuff that HR was forcing us to do. Here, have a lower position, and you get to keep your salary.")

jrockway 15y ago
My experience at Google is the opposite. I am friends with many Senior SWEs who have no interest in the next promotion and they do fine. They get paid well, get good bonuses, get to lead new projects, and so on. I'm also friends with people who are relatively new to Google that have made big (and small) moves inside the company. In a company with 30,000 employees, some people are going to be unhappy. But the vast majority of people I interact with at Google are very happy. The biggest problem I face is the five minute wait for someone to make me a latte.