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moral clarity usually sharpens the moment the last RSU hits the brokerage account
by jnaina 3mo ago
moral clarity usually sharpens the moment the last RSU hits the brokerage account
- lulzury 3mo agoAlphabet dropped “don’t be evil” from its moto in 2015. This guy went in knowing how the sausage was being made.
- rvz 3mo agoMaybe they should not have joined the company in the first place if they had "morals" or "principles". Yet they still joined in 2017 even after knowing that slogan was removed anyway. Company mottos, principles, slogans and values are all fake fronts to lure in these sort of people alongside the free food with the carrots on those sticks. Once that all runs out or the company goes south and stops being a daycare, then they start doing silly virtue signalling posts like this. Now you are seeing who was there for the 'good vibes', free food, rest n' vest and who was there to keep the company alive. ...And finally we know that this is a love letter to get themselves hired at Anthropic. I think you might need more than that honestly.
- john_strinlai 3mo agothey did not. it’s still right there in the code of conduct https://abc.xyz/investor/board-and-governance/google-code-of-conduct/default.aspx https://abc.xyz/investor/board-and-governance/google-code-of... scroll to the bottom
- watwut 3mo agoThat is not corporate motto.
- john_strinlai 3mo agothe motto was always a part of the code of conduct (it was the preface), it just moved from google's to alphabet's when it became a subsidiary.
- nairboon 3mo ago> scroll to the bottom that illustrates the point nicely...
- ModernMech 3mo ago"But the motto was on display..." "Yes, it was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'."
- crispyambulance 3mo agoMotto's, slogans, mission statements... All of these things are 100% bullshit and always have been. It's tragic that Google actually had people believing them when they championed "don't be evil".
- lokar 3mo agoThe slogan originated in Eng, and was honest at the time, and for many years after. It obviously got promoted by marketing for external consumption as well.
- DannyBee 3mo agoSometimes. Sometimes not. I left with more than 4 million in RSU's left. Pretty much any Googler who leaves will be leaving lots of money on the table. This is because they are usually 3/4 year grants, so it's pretty much impossible to leave without lots of unvested RSU. There are some 1 year grants, but those are much more uncommon (~1%)
- ejoso 3mo ago[flagged]
- RHSeeger 3mo agoAnd yet it directly speaks to the comment it was replying to. It makes the point that RSUs are generally multi-year; so if you're getting them with _any_ frequency, you never get to the point of "the last RSU vests".
- ejoso 3mo agoIt remains privileged. I have my golden handcuffs too, probably most on HN do. That doesn’t change the reality expressed.
- boringg 3mo agoBut does it matter that it is or isn't privileged? Thats the root question. What are you trying to highlight? I have to assume you aren't trying to shame someone for moral opinion about talking about facts on the table - as that does 0 for any kind of public discourse.
- ProllyInfamous 3mo ago>*"You cannot explain something to somebody whose livelihood depends upon [others] not understanding..." Something. $omething. something. $teinbeck?
- ambicapter 3mo agoUpton Sinclair
- ProllyInfamous 3mo agoYes, that is correct: >>"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." –Upton Sinclair
- debo_ 3mo agoPost-deposit clarity
- honeybadger1 3mo agoyep, and happy to make everyone around them feel guilty when they got theirs. i strongly dislike people who do this performative crap while unfortunately believing in their right to say it.
- throwaway2037 3mo agoExactly. <rant> I am so tired of reading these stupid "why I am leaving my job after making millions". One thing I can say about myself: I work for money. That's it. Lots of things the companies that I work for (normally 25,000+ employees) do immoral and unethical things. Still, I stay, earn money, and I don't write stupid fucking self-righteous blog posts after I leave. At this point, blog posts like this look like an "own goal". </rant>
- BikiniPrince 3mo agoAlso his complaints about morale compass failure are largely activism goals. Hard to make money when you waste it. I tell employers I’m clearly a mercenary and I am only here for the money. I do great work, but I’ve been compensated well.
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- bigbadfeline 3mo ago> I am so tired of reading these stupid "why I am" Don't read them. The rest of us may actually gain from another perspective, different from corporate marketing.
- halfmatthalfcat 3mo agoThis is incredibly annoying to see in the real world. People who pontificate values on LinkedIn but work for a company they disagree with, only to see them stay until they hit 4 years and leave. No idea how they think they have any moral high ground.
- Henchman21 3mo ago“Severance”, On Apple TV+ provides one answer
- advisedwang 3mo agoGoogle provides annual RSU refreshes. There is no "last RSU". This announcement is also 9 years after they started, and Google has a 4 year vesting schedule, so it's not even possible that this coming after the initial grant vests. This is a completely unfair and unsubstantiated dismissal of the article.