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Re:Google Memo on Cost Cuts Sparks Heated Debate Inside Company by brown9-2 on Saturday January 26, 2019 @10:39AM (#19006704)
> The way to get promoted at Google seems to be to play a game where you tick all the boxes for performance at the next level

This is how it works at every company I’ve ever worked for. Companies don’t want to promote someone into a position where the outcome seems risky.

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Re:Google Memo on Cost Cuts Sparks Heated Debate Inside Company by m0zg on Saturday January 26, 2019 @02:54PM (#19008078)
Don't know how it is now, but most of my promos at Microsoft (in 00s) were unexpected by me. I just kicked ass, and my managers delivered the goods. I liked that system. That's how it's supposed to work. :-)
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