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Re:Google I/O 2021 by throwaway3699 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:06PM (#27199474)
Sundar spends most of his internal facing time talking about racial equity and less about actual business.

Source: Googler friends.

Re:Google I/O 2021 by UncleMeat on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:15PM (#27199610)
That's ridiculous. There are a handful of emails about the former topic and there are numerous hour long events where Sundar talks about other aspects the business.
Re:Google I/O 2021 by _euac on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:21PM (#27199684)
Meh, the outrage crowd in Hacker News is ridiculous. Any level of effort to make a company more inclusive as criticized as the company being 'too woke'. Meanwhile, Google's market cap has exploded in recent years.

Lots of people too scared of 'cancel culture' (read: being caught and having to pay the consequences) around here.

Re:Google I/O 2021 by dheera on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:27PM (#27199798)
Not a Googler but I think that's great, personally. Google has already found a stable business model and racial equity is a problem.
Re:Google I/O 2021 by rabuse on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:21PM (#27199690)
This is why I've turned down a couple recruiters for Google. It's just not worth it anymore for me.
Re:Google I/O 2021 by tolbish on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:43PM (#27200006)
Would you consider working at Apple? They are also quite vocal about issues like racial justice. They still seem to be praised as an employer, though.
Re:Google I/O 2021 by ipaddr on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @04:00PM (#27200246)
I thought Apple was looked down as a cult secret culture kind of place. Not sure I've heard any praise by anyone aside from large pay and fun to work on cool products.
Re:Google I/O 2021 by tolbish on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @04:38PM (#27200736)
Both of those things apply to pretty much every big company. As far as reputation as an employer goes, Apple is certainly ahead of Facebook and Amazon.
Re:Google I/O 2021 by ipaddr on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:11PM (#27201952)
In what regard is Apple better? Pay / Options / Wfh / office parties, freebies, offices, 20% personal projects?
Re:Google I/O 2021 by 1-6 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:43PM (#27200009)
When inflation sets food prices skyrocketing, cafes and microkitchens will look better than ever as part of the benefits.
Re:Google I/O 2021 by kenjackson on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:08PM (#27199499)
Really? Externally Google gives the appearance that it doesn't care about racial equity.
Re:Google I/O 2021 by throwaway3699 on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @05:21AM (#27206269)