L4sBotNov 24, 2023

'Morale is at an all-time low': Ex-Googler writes scathing latter slamming layoffs and 'eroded' culture

https://lemmy.world/post/8665700

'Morale is at an all-time low': Ex-Googler writes scathing latter slamming layoffs and 'eroded' culture - Lemmy.World

‘Morale is at an all-time low’: Ex-Googler writes scathing latter slamming layoffs and ‘eroded’ culture::An ex-Googler wrote a 1,500-word letter criticizing the firm and CEO Sundar Pichai’s lack of “visionary leadership.”

Show threadezchiliNov 24, 2023

Sundar Pichai has got to be the worst CEO in the silicon valley period

Google has managed to produce next to nothing of value with a dreamteam of engineers the likes of which no one else had access to

From one uninspired leadership decision to the next thry’ve just been sitting there making GCP more like aws and bolstering what’s already there while every once in a while adding a new product to the Google graveyard

Show threadrambarooNov 24, 2023
Google is one of the most engineer driven companies out there. Their engineers are simply massively overrated. A ton of leetcoder kiddies got into FAANG companies over the years and a lot of them are just plain shit as professional developers.
Show threadSchizoDenjiNov 24, 2023
Their hiring process is the reason why leetcoder kiddies get in there in the first place. 3 seperate coding rounds with questions not even related to the domain that you need to solve in a timer of 45 mins.
Show threadrambaroo
Yep. And they also used to do the stupid brain teaser stuff back in the day. That’s what happens when you hire out of touch PhDs to design your hiring process instead of people with real world experience.
Nov 24, 2023 at 12:54pmWeb
Show threadstolid_agnosticNov 25, 2023
Nah this one is on the business bros who networked their way through an mba without learning anything.
Show threadrambarooNov 25, 2023
Nope, Google hired a bunch of PhDs to design their hiring process years ago.