<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>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>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></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>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>fhennig</author><text>I think that&amp;#x27;s not a bad thing.  For big companies like that it is impossible to drive them out of the market with a competing company, so if you want to change it makes sense to do so from within.  Especially since its such a powerful corporation they will always find people to replace the ones that leave, so your leaving doesn&amp;#x27;t actually help your cause all that much.  Much better to stay inside and exert your power from within.</text></comment>