There's one thing that the article didn't mention about 6. "Build a Google that's extraordinary for Googlers and the world" Each of the OKRs are assigned to an

There's one thing that the article didn't mention about 6. "Build a Google that's extraordinary for Googlers and the world" Each of the OKRs are assigned to an exec, they assigned this one to the CFO. So basically the person who's responsible for keeping costs down gets the control over how they treat the employees. You don't have to guess how it goes. All the employees I've talked to have said how Ruthless the cuts have been over the years and how it's really created a lot of employee discontent.