Google’s CEO faces employee questions about layoffs — “Why has there been such an extraordinary effort to limit the internal visibility of layoffs announcements?”::During a recent TGIF all-hands meeting, Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed what sources describe as a growing morale crisis inside the company.

  • porkchop@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Sorry if this is a stupid question, but what’s stopping tech workers still at Google from unionizing?

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      10 months ago

      I work in tech as well, and I think the biggest reason is workplace mobility. Working at Google famously makes it easy go get a new job.

      When work has sucked for me, I went job hunting not trying to fix a broken system

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        10 months ago

        Some situations look more favourable in the rearview, yes.

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      10 months ago

      Well everyone is being told they are special and top talent until they aren’t. Then it’s to late since there is a stigma attached and others don’t want their shadow cast in them.