The departure of Jeff Veen and Doug Bowman is fairly significant - they are big names in the UI/UX design field and played major roles in the design of Google A

The departure of Jeff Veen and Doug Bowman is fairly significant - they are big names in the UI/UX design field and played major roles in the design of Google Analytics and Gmail/Google Calendar, respectively. If Doug Bowman says the culture at Google sucks for designers they are going to have a hard time recruiting great designers - his word has a lot of weight in the design world.