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Re:We're hearing about troubles at Nest by throwaway6497 on Monday February 15, 2016 @05:04PM (#11106398)
Feel terrible reading this. Is rest of the Alphabet upper management completely oblivious to what is happening inside Nest? Don't they care? Isn't leadership about doing the right thing. If people are getting abused, Alphabet/Google better do something about it. I thought Alphabet took pride in the kind of leadership traits they support and want their leaders to embody. I am pretty sure a ton of current/ex-Googlers will be shell-shocked to hear stories like these. I think Nest employees should simply join core Google teams(search/ads/apps/chrome/new efforts) and put an end to their personal abuse.

Larry and the rest of the leadership should really look into how Nest is run internally and fix things. This cannot be the norm and status-quo. This is anti-thesis to being Googley, and I personally know a ton of current and Ex Googlers who will be ashamed and hurt to hear this kind of abuse at Alphabet/Google. I am sorry you had to endure this. I am happy you are in a much better place. I am happy for your family now.

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Re:We're hearing about troubles at Nest by outside1234 on Monday February 15, 2016 @06:24PM (#11106838)
My understanding (maybe wrong) was that the Alphabet changes made it really hard to move between the subsidiaries.
Re:We're hearing about troubles at Nest by brandmeyer on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @12:24AM (#11108052)
It depends on the subsidiary. My little corner maintains close ties with Google's engineering tools, job ladder, promotion process, etc. for the express purpose of enabling easier hires/transfers from Google. So really it's up to the subsidiary as to how they choose to behave.
Re:We're hearing about troubles at Nest by outside1234 on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @12:40AM (#11108107)
You will probably not find it hard to believe that Nest made it sound impossible. :)