<story><title>Google Culture War Escalates as Era of Transparency Wanes</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-13/google-culture-war-escalates-as-era-of-transparency-wanes</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Ididntdothis</author><text>“So instead of moving on, lots of frustrated employees burn out trying to change the company from within.”&lt;p&gt;I think the mindset of changing of something from  within is actually a good one. “Moving on” is probably easier and pragmatic but as a society it’s better to change things instead of just tossing them aside and going to the next thing. I hope the same people will also be active in politics and try to change things.</text></item><item><author>fishnchips</author><text>I’m always surprised by the level of employee activism at Google. I mean, it’s a job. You don’t like it, or the company, then the default thing people do is leave. But based on my experience Google is different because they brainwash you into thinking that Google is the second coming of Christ and you don’t want to lose your front seat by just leaving. So instead of moving on, lots of frustrated employees burn out trying to change the company from within.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dmix</author><text>Leaving while making it clear to your higher ups and coworkers that it&amp;#x27;s due to the dying work culture is not leaving without anything.&lt;p&gt;Individual employees shouldn&amp;#x27;t have to make personal sacrifices, especially for a megacorp, beyond what they contribute each day as an employee. Unless they are an executive or management and get paid (and mandated) sufficiently to do culture stuff.&lt;p&gt;There are people at Google who have this responsibility and are either failing, or possibly it&amp;#x27;s not really that bad and the news is overhyping a bunch of highly vocal individuals&amp;#x2F;small groups, while most Googlers are apolitical and happy with the group of people they work with. It&amp;#x27;s always hard to tell but most companies aren&amp;#x27;t getting multiple articles a year written about their culture.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Culture War Escalates as Era of Transparency Wanes</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-13/google-culture-war-escalates-as-era-of-transparency-wanes</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Ididntdothis</author><text>“So instead of moving on, lots of frustrated employees burn out trying to change the company from within.”&lt;p&gt;I think the mindset of changing of something from  within is actually a good one. “Moving on” is probably easier and pragmatic but as a society it’s better to change things instead of just tossing them aside and going to the next thing. I hope the same people will also be active in politics and try to change things.</text></item><item><author>fishnchips</author><text>I’m always surprised by the level of employee activism at Google. I mean, it’s a job. You don’t like it, or the company, then the default thing people do is leave. But based on my experience Google is different because they brainwash you into thinking that Google is the second coming of Christ and you don’t want to lose your front seat by just leaving. So instead of moving on, lots of frustrated employees burn out trying to change the company from within.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>shizcakes</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not convinced that burning out trying to change something that&amp;#x27;s unchangeable is the right strategic way to fix things for anyone other than the company.&lt;p&gt;If enough people leave and go work on next-generation things because the previous-generation has run it&amp;#x27;s course - that strikes me as having many parallels in nature.&lt;p&gt;Large companies don&amp;#x27;t adapt quickly unless they have a true (ie, in-practice, not just in-speech) mandate to do so.&lt;p&gt;A leaf contributes to the health of the tree, but it doesn&amp;#x27;t control where new branches grow.</text></comment>