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Most companies conveniently avoid doing a RCA (Root cause analysis) on why these folks were hired in the first place, who hired them, and who was responsible fo
by prakash 18y ago
Most companies conveniently avoid doing a RCA (Root cause analysis) on why these folks were hired in the first place, who hired them, and who was responsible for created overlapping organizations.
Firing that person would really help Google, alas in most cases that is some VP making the firing decisions and is obviously not going to fire himself/herself.
- olefoo 18y agoIt's the inverse to the Peter principle, an organization grows until it is unable to govern itself.
- brent 18y agoIn their defense they probably didn't know a recession of this magnitude was on the horizon. If they were hesitant to grow in the early days they may have missed a number of key hires or growth areas.
- sketerpot 18y agoPerhaps it was an experiment. Hire people to do a bunch of things, then get rid of the ones that don't work. Science! Maybe!