This hit hard 😭:

“Reflecting On 18 Years At Google”, Ian Hickson (https://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1700627373&count=1).

On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38381573

#Google #Culture #Flutter #DontBeEvil #CorpSpeak #Politics #JobSatisfaction #Xooglers

A surprisingly frank & an actually useful “fireside chat” with Laszlo Bock, the former head of People Operations at #Google:

https://youtu.be/p60elSKyqJY

Lots of advice on dealing with #layoffs, #networking, #ageism, #career, etc.

#Xooglers #Video #Googlers #HR #Recruiting

Today has been really hard on my colleagues. Layoffs are a dehumanizing practice for so many reasons among them your inability to be loved and appreciated by the coworkers you might have spent years working with. Being shut off the network and losing your building access denies people closure. There's no severance that can replace the human connections that were suddenly lost.

#xooglers, you are cared for, appreciated and will be missed. All of us who remain hate this. Get in touch 💔.