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FAQ on Leaving Google

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462 points mrled | 2 comments | 17 Jan 24 22:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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erehweb ◴[18 Jan 24 00:20 UTC] No.39035647[source]▶
> Please understand: Google is not a person.

Literally true. On the other hand, the founders still have complete voting control of the company, so really the buck stops with them.

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tsunamifury ◴[18 Jan 24 01:34 UTC] No.39036341[source]▶
How did this person work here for so long and not understand the function of googles special Executive Board — it’s literally three people that control the entire company.

It’s absolutely a person — well 3 to be exact.

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cmrdporcupine ◴[18 Jan 24 03:51 UTC] No.39037564[source]▶
But since about 2017 or so L&S just seemed completely absent. Maybe they're making the choices behind the scenes, that Sundar & Ruth are executing, but it feels like ... not really?

Even the last few TGIFs where they properly attended they seemed very much spaced out of things.

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gowld ◴[18 Jan 24 12:56 UTC] No.39041118[source]▶
The execs are merely the hired minds and hands. They only do what the capital owners want. If you keep a wild dog, you are still responsible for its behavior.
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1. cmrdporcupine ◴[18 Jan 24 16:14 UTC] No.39043551[source]▶
Well, yes, here I agree. I think that in the earlier days Google could remain insulated from that because the returns it was getting were so high, and Capital didn't know what to do with it, and didn't want to do anything to stop the goose from laying golden eggs.

I think now we're seeing a concerted effort across the tech industry to instill labour discipline, and break the relative power that our profession has had. Started with Twitter, then MS, then Google, and it's not going to stop until they get our salaries down, and get these businesses operating like more traditional exploitative organizations where we are disposable "resources".

The threat of "AI" is one tool among many to make that happen, along with layoffs, etc.

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2. tsunamifury ◴[18 Jan 24 16:47 UTC] No.39044047[source]▶
Yea I don’t get why so many people ignore this: the layoffs were to send a message to labor in conjunction with the Fed. Stop wanting more more and stop moving jobs. We need to get inflation under control and return the worker class to their jobs.

It’s an intense reevaluation of the American dream by the last class that was experiencing it