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20% time project != able to just launch it YOLO style I suspect the core issue here is that he launched it with Google logos without following any sort of proc
by outside1234 4mo ago
20% time project != able to just launch it YOLO style
I suspect the core issue here is that he launched it with Google logos without following any sort of process
- ex-aws-dude 4mo agoThat would be dumb but I don’t think it should result in firing still
- free652 4mo ago2 months later, I think we can assume some kind of process behind that didnt go well for our friend here.
- dolmen 4mo agoIt looks like he wants his former manager to be fired too. This only gives bad signals to hiring teams.
- free652 4mo agoHis manager would the first line manager, and really not a decision maker at G. it possible that his manager would put him under a bus after getting called out by legal. Dunno. But regardless once escalated by legal there have been a process to mitigate this, so either the director fired the OP or someone higher. The direct manger would be not really in the decision making here. There is a clear path to release open source at G, and it seems it wasnt followed. The OP claimed that its confusing, but it isn't - usual the launch tool to get the approval and you covered your bases. If the OP didnt have all launch approvals after 7 years at G, wow thats on him. If the OP actually had all the launch approvals then he has an actually big case against G. Launch approvals are for all product - internal and external, it usually requires L8+ (Director) levels approvals.
- youngtaff 4mo agoHis former manager left Google last week
- ex-aws-dude 4mo agoYeah there is always more to these stories
- Ferret7446 4mo agoI'd guess he was fired for refusing to comply after legal talked with him
- wildrhythms 4mo agoThat doesn't make sense because the repo is still up
- sanderjd 4mo agoMaybe it should not, but when I worked there, I certainly knew something like this probably would. At least, if it blew up and drew a lot of eyeballs.
- sourdecor 4mo agoYeah, endorsement matters. It can represent the whole. You have to be careful with it.