Re:Lessons from 14 Years at Google
by fragmede on Monday January 05, 2026 @12:17AM
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Yeah the bar for competent is surprising hard to hit. A human being that shows up on time and it's reliable, doesn't have a problem with drugs or alcohol, or has a sick family member and just needs an advance. Good help is hard to find!
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I understand the rest, but an otherwise capable person with a sick family member does not clear the bar for competent? Saddening if that’s where we are as a society.
It’s hard for some people to understand that situation until they are in it. Unfortunately.
Totally agree with you.
I think the key part of that sentence was "...and just needs an advance", implying that they're going to take the job, ask for a cash advance for a (possibly fictional) sick family member, and immediately quit.
If you're only getting those kind of candidates, then your job offer isn't attractive enough.
Re:Lessons from 14 Years at Google
by red-iron-pine on Monday January 05, 2026 @10:23AM
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then the pendulum swings the other way and now I have ruthless mercenaries chasing $$$ who will jump at the first opportunity
and not every job needs to be top-shelf.
Betty in Accounts-Payable just sorta needs to be there and not screw up too often. I don't need a super-star, and if we have to move her to another part of Accounting that's fine; I'll save my money for a solid CPA or two, etc.