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Google is worth $4+ TRILLION. There is natural and needed bureaucracy in preserving that. This type of probably well-meaning, but cowboy activity is not worth t
by xnx 4mo ago
Google is worth $4+ TRILLION. There is natural and needed bureaucracy in preserving that. This type of probably well-meaning, but cowboy activity is not worth the risk to Google.
- judge2020 4mo agoUnlikely that the bureaucracy is what will keep them valuable in the long-term.
- worik 4mo agoYes, very true But in the long term, we are all dead
- josefritzishere 4mo agoHow long is has a different answer for everyone.
- overfeed 4mo agoGoogle will likely outlast everyone walking the earth at this moment.
- jauco 4mo agoYou’re not disagreeing with gp. I like the law because you can quite easily formulate it without bias. Large enough orgs will indeed get people whose job is more closely aligned with the goal vs people whose job is more closely aligned with the existence of the org. _Because_ you need to keep investing energy to keep the org in existence. You can’t just do the goal only. But being responsible for keeping the org in existence is not the same as responsible for the goals that the org was created for in the first place. _and_ I can see how the people whose job it is to ensure the org keeps existing will gain the majority vote. It’s like a law of nature: the way things fall out if you’re not consciously working to have them fall out differently. (So it can be good for google to fire them from a “let’s keep existing standpoint” even though it might be contrary to having the easiest/optimal to use product. And if that is so, the keep existing vote will have the power) I don’t use google products really that much so I can’t speak to the merits of this example.
- BLKNSLVR 4mo agoSounds like exactly why they're now a lumbering ineffectual beast, rather than the center for innovation that they used to be.
- uejfiweun 4mo agoIt depends on what you consider ineffectual to mean. Ineffectual at making new products and innovating? Yes, definitely. Ineffectual at preserving business momentum and continuing to grow profits? Well, the latest numbers speak for themselves.
- BLKNSLVR 4mo agoCan't argue with that. You'll never go broke appealing to the lowest common denominator.