It's interesting to me that everyone talks so much about the recent layoffs as the problem. They've been awful, don't get me wrong, but they shouldn't have dest

It's interesting to me that everyone talks so much about the recent layoffs as the problem. They've been awful, don't get me wrong, but they shouldn't have destroyed the company like this. (I've been on the outside looking in so I have a slightly different perspective on the last 10+ years of GOOG compared to many people.) No, I think you're right in talking more about the "professional managers". The only way for a company to break this fast is if it was already hollow. Don't blame the (still awful) layoffs. Blame the rotten management layers that led up to... everything.