“If we lose our jobs and equity grants, it’s cold comfort that Google is succeeding off our hard work, and we don’t get rewarded for it, but you do.”
Google cut 12,000 jobs last year and over 1,000 more in January. Sundar Pichai’s answer at the all-hands was that people sometimes write back to say “Thank you for simplifying.” An 18-year veteran says decisions now serve “whoever was making the decision.” The execs keep the equity. The staff keep the fear.