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I'm sorry, I'm speaking from a point of absolutely no experience in these high-profile Silicon Valley jobs, but "companies refuse to hire Google employees" stri

I'm sorry, I'm speaking from a point of absolutely no experience in these high-profile Silicon Valley jobs, but "companies refuse to hire Google employees" strikes me as a statement akin to "the king refuses to dine from a 99.999% gold plate because they skimped out on getting him a 100% pure plate". Even right now, many tech workers see Google and other big-name tech companies as basically the ultimate goal of their careers, and I can't really imagine the kind of a one-in-a-million company that'd be justified in turning down a Google ex-employee based on just their employer.

OsrsNeedsf2P 3y ago
He's like 30% correct. Before, hiring someone from Google was an accomplishment, because they were so rare. Now, there's so many people with Google on their resume, most refusing to downsize in TC, that even mediocre positions are filled with ex-Google applicants.
- tavavex 3y ago
  Is that really because Google workers are seen as worse employees (like what the original post said), or just because the job market is now suddenly loaded with thousands of Google employees who'd just been laid off?
  - lmm 3y ago
    The one pretty directly suggests the other.
thowawatp302 3y ago
I work at one of those SV Fortune 500 companies and I’d absolutely give pause during hiring if I saw google in their resume I might be an outlier
renewiltord 3y ago
Right, we're not talking about some random company. Accenture or whatever will 100% hire a Xoogler. But everyone else knows that most Google engineers work really hard "making sure all stakeholders are on the same page regarding moving this to a service to reduce tech debt" and are in meetings all day to determine which team they're "blocked on" which is a thing, sure, but not something you really want to hire for usually.

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I'm sorry, I'm speaking from a point of absolutely no experience in these high-profile Silicon Valley jobs, but "companies refuse to hire Google employees" stri

by tavavex 3y ago

OsrsNeedsf2P 3y ago
He's like 30% correct. Before, hiring someone from Google was an accomplishment, because they were so rare. Now, there's so many people with Google on their resume, most refusing to downsize in TC, that even mediocre positions are filled with ex-Google applicants.
- tavavex 3y ago
  Is that really because Google workers are seen as worse employees (like what the original post said), or just because the job market is now suddenly loaded with thousands of Google employees who'd just been laid off?
  - lmm 3y ago
    The one pretty directly suggests the other.
thowawatp302 3y ago
I work at one of those SV Fortune 500 companies and I’d absolutely give pause during hiring if I saw google in their resume I might be an outlier
renewiltord 3y ago
Right, we're not talking about some random company. Accenture or whatever will 100% hire a Xoogler. But everyone else knows that most Google engineers work really hard "making sure all stakeholders are on the same page regarding moving this to a service to reduce tech debt" and are in meetings all day to determine which team they're "blocked on" which is a thing, sure, but not something you really want to hire for usually.