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Re:What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes? by jillesvangurp on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @01:52PM (#32322061)
They need to start at the top. The current phase of complacency, organizational lethargy, repeated pr disasters, people wondering wtf people are doing at Google, and general tone deafness started with the current CEO. Time for him to go. His vision is speaking in corporate cliches almost exclusively and just looking after things. If there is a grander plan other than "get people clicking ads", I have yet to learn of it. The current CEO is just riding the success of his predecessors, who for all their failings actually built a great few products and company.

The organization is a reflection of its leadership and their vision. Or lack there off. MS and Google are almost polar opposites. Google is MS under Balmer. Just failing, tone deaf, never quite doing anything right. Enter Satya Nadella and suddenly MS is re-engaging with developers, doing all the things that were simply unmentionable before, and generally delivering great share holder value. Google needs somebody like that. The current CEO is not it. He's a caretaker. Not a leader.

I'm not a shareholder; so no stake in this game other than observing what is obvious to me.

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Re:What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes? by pydry on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @08:12AM (#32330651)
I might be unusual but I actually wouldnt mind things to continue like this. I'd rather see FAANG crumble than have tech end up consolidating on three dominant, vertically integrated players like the auto market.

More corporate shooting-self-in-the-foot means more space for a vibrant built-in-a-garage startup ecosystem to compete - the kind the auto industry hasnt had since, like, 1955.

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Re:What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes? by cmrdporcupine on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @05:42PM (#32324636)
For sure, I agree.

I was never essential or important there. So my opinion is just.. whatever.

And I never really drank the kool-aid, either, really. But...

The kool-aid tasted way way way better when it was Larry, Sergey, Eric, Patrick, etc.

I can see what Ruth Porat brought to the table. Sky high stock values is one. That was nice when I still had RSUs.

But Sundar? I don't get it.

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Re:What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes? by Macha on Saturday August 06, 2022 @06:55AM (#32366927)
I mean, Google+, the end of their do no evil reputation, the start of the killed by Google era, all date back to the previous CEO. Not saying Sundar shouldn't be considered responsible for not fixing it by now given how long he's been in the job, but the people who decide if he stays or goes seem happy with "share price go up" as a result
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