- "I'm sure there are managers and engineers crying in private in every big company out there": You're not excusing google here, just expanding the range of companies whose apparent behavior is mortifying a couple of people in this thread.
- "Google probably does some things very well to keep all the talent despite the negative press it gets.": probably. They probably do a lot of a/b testing to dial in the compensation/retention ratio they're looking for, or maybe they just heap rewards onto engineers because they can afford it. Be that as it may, some people think that what google's doing is detrimental to society, or at least the problems are bigger than a salary or even a total compensation package should make up for.
I still think Google stands as an attractive workplace for reasons that are not just compensation and resume boost, though.
Is this referring to how they creepily track people, or are they doing worse things which I’m not aware of?
Honestly this sounds like a thought experiment.
Do you have any ethical hangups about entering an environment where falling out of your favor can leave someone stress-crying in their place of work and/or about their livelihood.
If so, how much money would it take for you to join the system anyway?
How long would you stay in such a system if you found yourself already in one?
Back in the real world, in a business context, it sounds like an abusive workplace and an untenable system. Like, that obviously can't last forever.