Re:Google veterans: The company has become ‘unrecognizable’
by tedivm on Thursday January 02, 2020 @06:52PM
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They aren't as powerful as you think- it's not like they get a huge say in how things are run. If the board was a reorg they have the power to put the people in place to make it happen, regardless of what some random Director or VP has to say about it.
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Re:Google veterans: The company has become ‘unrecognizable’
by quintushoratius on Thursday January 02, 2020 @10:28PM
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> They aren't as powerful as you think
It's pretty common for C-level executives, and CEO's in particular, to be pretty chummy with the board of directors. They're all in the same social circles.
Often the CEO of company A will be on the board of company B, and and the CEO of company B is on the board of company A, so there may even be a quid-pro-quo element.
While the CEO officially answers to the BoD, in reality there's a lot of "understandings" and "gentleman's agreements" going on. This is why under-performing CEOs seem to stick around so long.
Re:Google veterans: The company has become ‘unrecognizable’
by tedivm on Thursday January 02, 2020 @10:52PM
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Yeah, but that's a world of difference from "director level and above", particularly at a company like Google where there are literally hundreds of VPs and Directors (if not a couple thousand).