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Re:Why Google Employees Quit by vaksel on Sunday January 18, 2009 @10:46AM (#439394)
Its basically grass is greener on the other side syndrome...people have built up Google in their minds, and it just couldn't live up to their expectations
Re:Why Google Employees Quit by brianto2010 on Sunday January 18, 2009 @11:19AM (#439419)
> ...people have built up Google in their minds

If that was the case, shouldn't the exact opposite happen? The Subject-Expectancy Effect states that a person's expectations directly influences their views.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject-expectancy_effect

I don't think expectations has much to do with it. Very few people (Issara, Lilly) actually referred to expectations at Google. There is a recurring theme of employees complaining about management/bureaucracy, salary, hiring, and job satisfaction.

Even though you said "basically", it seemed to me like you are generalizing too much (sorry if I'm wrong and hypocritical). Some people (search for Aaron on the page) got a job there out of necessity, not purely open choice.