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Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics (wapo.st)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You only get ahead by shipping a product, and getting a project approved is largely politicking

Yep - I had a friend who worked for three years at Google, none of the products he worked on ever shipped and eventually he gave up on ever receiving a good salary (bonuses/stock options/etc are supposed to be most of the pay, but you only get that by working on a successful product)

They have ten major campuses worldwide that focus on product development, but only one of those actually ships products regularly.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And working on stuff that never gets shipped/used is demoralising too. No product to be proud of making/maintaining etc.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

It's the digital equivalent of working in a coalmine.