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Re:Google Memo on Cost Cuts Sparks Heated Debate Inside Company by chrisweekly on Saturday January 26, 2019 @01:47PM (#19007698)
My brother is an Xoogler, who told me a few years ago there was a de facto 3-year "up or out" policy. That is, if you go 3 years and haven't been promoted, you should probably expect to need to find work at another company.
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Re:Google Memo on Cost Cuts Sparks Heated Debate Inside Company by nostrademons on Saturday January 26, 2019 @02:03PM (#19007794)
Before L5. (At least as of when I left, which was 4+ years ago.)
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Re:Google Memo on Cost Cuts Sparks Heated Debate Inside Company by chaosphere2112 on Saturday January 26, 2019 @03:09PM (#19008165)
It’s L4 as of like a year ago; also going up to L5 no longer has promo committee per-se, but instead is a PA meeting between leads who hash it out, and the manager is much more involved.
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Re:Google Memo on Cost Cuts Sparks Heated Debate Inside Company by pascalxus on Saturday January 26, 2019 @02:21PM (#19007889)
with that kind of policy, it's no wonder they can't retain talent. Since most people can't be promoted, then they have no choice but to leave or get laid off.
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