Re:How I Left YouTube
by Palmik on Friday December 26, 2025 @12:02AM
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Hard disagree.
At Google, in most orgs, manager can influence the chance of success significantly:
- Making sure their team works on what the org leads find "impactful"
- Facilitating cross team collaborations, which will lead to good peer reviews for your report
- Helping your report write the promo packet
- Presenting the promo case effectively during the calibration meeting and being prepared to advocate for the report and respond to criticism from other managers at the meeting
- etc.
There are many managers that do very few if any of these things, and it shows.
Yes, there are quotas, but nonetheless the manager plays a big role in whether their report makes the cut.
There is no harm in saying that you are quitting because you do not feel valued / rewarded enough. Hopefully it will effect change in the manager. Of course it's best to keep it polite and not burn any bridges in the process.
At Google, in most orgs, manager can influence the chance of success significantly:
- Making sure their team works on what the org leads find "impactful"
- Facilitating cross team collaborations, which will lead to good peer reviews for your report
- Helping your report write the promo packet
- Presenting the promo case effectively during the calibration meeting and being prepared to advocate for the report and respond to criticism from other managers at the meeting
- etc.
There are many managers that do very few if any of these things, and it shows.
Yes, there are quotas, but nonetheless the manager plays a big role in whether their report makes the cut.
There is no harm in saying that you are quitting because you do not feel valued / rewarded enough. Hopefully it will effect change in the manager. Of course it's best to keep it polite and not burn any bridges in the process.