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He was too distracted with all the other things going on under his watch. He spent too much time trying to convince rank and file that it's OK to do business wi
by nemo44x 3y ago
He was too distracted with all the other things going on under his watch. He spent too much time trying to convince rank and file that it's OK to do business with customers they don't like, trying to ensure arbitrary hiring goals were made, and appeasing the internal activists that led protests and pressured to exit people that didn't fall in line.
This is why the CEO of Coinbase sent the memo a few years back stating that these types of people (not mission focused, self absorbed, and distracting) should leave the company. The CEO of Google should be fired.
- tdb7893 3y agoHow has he been appeasing internal activists? He's been pretty clear about firing them Edit: I'm also unclear on what makes you think he's spending much time on "arbitrary hiring goals". I remember an initiative for hiring in a wider variety, also conveniently much cheaper, locations but there wasn't indication he was personally spending time on it
- hrmyeah 3y ago[dead]
- calf 3y agoIt is intellectually dishonest to call the military-industrial complex merely "customers that some Google employees didn't like". Humans are more than their companies' mission, and your freedom to exercise your political views on how companies should be run inherently relies on this principle, too. So your argument is fundamentally a hypocrites projection.
- srackey 3y ago“ Humans are more than their companies' mission” Not when they’re on the clock. Besides, many of the Google employees who are against defense projects are against them because those projects actively target their home countries. Much harder problem to fix!
- maxcoder4 3y agoI'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not. Obviously you don't get to ignore your morals and values just because you're currently employed by someone?