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I think Google is a prime (but rare) example of a large company that has maintained "awesomeness". They encourage creativity, recognize their employees, and foc

I think Google is a prime (but rare) example of a large company that has maintained "awesomeness". They encourage creativity, recognize their employees, and focus on providing a good experience to the user. They're not afraid of a big change, so they're able to step back and say, "okay... how should this REALLY work?"

markessien 17y ago
There was a comment floating around a few weeks ago about a designer who worked on gmail, and how tough it was to get things to change in google, as regards design.
mikecuesta 17y ago
Not according to this man's post: http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html
- bdotdub 17y ago
  Well, I don't think they had a big stress on design, but they've managed to keep their culture and still keep the bar high. From what I understand, engineers are still king at Google and great ones have freer reign to work on interesting things
ahoyhere 17y ago
Based on my Googler and ex-Googler friends, and people they've met from around the country... * Google disrespects designers * Google disrespects founders of acquired products/services * High-ups who hold meetings don't even recognize their lower-level managers who they have tasked with pulling unicorns out of their (lower-level manager) butts -- even after they've succeeded A friend of mine was a web manager who launched 2 or 3 MAJOR projects that got tons of press, in tons of languages, without nearly enough resources - and a certain Google Diva actually asked to have her removed from a relevant meeting to "cut down on guests" I can't wait for the Google hero worship to cease. (PS their NYC office is like a lab rat maze. Shiny colors, sad aura of compressed food pellets and crushed spirits.)

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I think Google is a prime (but rare) example of a large company that has maintained "awesomeness". They encourage creativity, recognize their employees, and foc

by TallGuyShort 17y ago

markessien 17y ago
There was a comment floating around a few weeks ago about a designer who worked on gmail, and how tough it was to get things to change in google, as regards design.
mikecuesta 17y ago
Not according to this man's post: http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html
- bdotdub 17y ago
  Well, I don't think they had a big stress on design, but they've managed to keep their culture and still keep the bar high. From what I understand, engineers are still king at Google and great ones have freer reign to work on interesting things
ahoyhere 17y ago
Based on my Googler and ex-Googler friends, and people they've met from around the country... * Google disrespects designers * Google disrespects founders of acquired products/services * High-ups who hold meetings don't even recognize their lower-level managers who they have tasked with pulling unicorns out of their (lower-level manager) butts -- even after they've succeeded A friend of mine was a web manager who launched 2 or 3 MAJOR projects that got tons of press, in tons of languages, without nearly enough resources - and a certain Google Diva actually asked to have her removed from a relevant meeting to "cut down on guests" I can't wait for the Google hero worship to cease. (PS their NYC office is like a lab rat maze. Shiny colors, sad aura of compressed food pellets and crushed spirits.)