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> but the comically awful managers who watch terrorist attacks on TV and then think, "I'd like to do that to a company!" What's that mean? They'll fly planes i
by goatforce5 14y ago
> but the comically awful managers who watch terrorist attacks on TV and then think, "I'd like to do that to a company!"
What's that mean? They'll fly planes in to buildings? Strap bombs to themselves and blow up their buses?
> I would give them the gory details so they are prepared for what may happen
It sounds like you discovered office politics. It doesn't sound particularly unique to Google.
- michaelochurch 14y agoTerrorist was perhaps taking it a little far. Despite claiming that it has a "peer review" performance system, Google has secret "calibration scores" which are set unilaterally by the manager and regularly destroy people's careers. (That they exist is not secret, but the specific numbers given are hidden.) There's a known problem with managers using low scores (but positive verbal reviews) to keep their reports captive but unable to transfer. I managed to find mine out, and it was substantially below the (completely respectable) 3.4 that I was promised, but that's another story. Whoever came up with that idea (a parallel performance review that can silently ruin your career) was either deeply stupid or thoroughly evil. Google claims to hire only smart people, which leaves... evil. A decent company will know that this is an opportunity for corruption and take performance reviews out of the transfer packet.
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