I keep seeing posts about Google like work culture break down, not a good place to work and etc. what is it really like working there ? How is the culture and the ceo?

Will there be any Google Layoffs 2020? Any news or rumors?

https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/02/google-cloud-is-down-affecting-numerous-applications-and-services/amp/ A Google Cloud outage is currently affecting a number of services in and out of the Google suite including Snap and Discord as well as Google... —  read more 

Google has announced a pay cut for all sales, customer engineers and specialists across all regions. Depending on your level this is anything from a 4% to 20% or more. They are also cutting stock allocation. These changes are in exchange for a higher... —  read more 

Let's face it -- the thread here on Google is sparse because it isn't laying people off with any regularity. However, that doesn't mean that everything is great. The good... Google was one of the first to recognize the importance and power of massive... —  read more 

How's the culture? Work life balance?

I've learned that contracting at Google is a road no no where as the conversion to fulltime is low in the single digits. They also require you to commute long ways to their Moyntain View, CA which diminishes the hourly pay rates when you add in the 3... —  read more 

Specifically, how good is the pixel telephony team?

In ramping up the field organization, Google has sifted through many experienced individuals and selected only those that met a high internal standard. Or so it was supposed to be and some are now showing their real stripes. One VP has talked about... —  read more 

A Washington DC, law firm is investigating major Bay Area companies Google, FaceBook, Microsoft, Adobe, Intel, Nvidia, Amazon and others. My current company is facing similar charges but there is a gag order on sharing detasils. More Google employees... —  read more 

I love Google's tech but they have no idea how to sell to the enterprise. They seem to be more interested in solving problems they care about rather than the problems customers care about. Amazon is much more obsessed with customer success than... —  read more 

Google Engineers should be concerned - here is how Kurian manages (Source: Oracle Experience): "Who the Fk wrote this piece of crp? Didn't I tell you last week to go work on this? I did? Ok well I change my mind, put it back to the way it was 3 weeks... —  read more 

Maybe Thomas can turn himself around. Otherwise, Google sold their soul. This wreaks of desperation. https://www.streetinsider.com/Reuters/Oracle+veteran+Thomas+Kurian+to+replace+Diane+Greene+as+Google+Cloud+CEO/14841077.html —  read more 

Smart guy, but not doing a good job. Hard to tell if his poor leadership is part of what's causing the current wave of crises, or if the current wave of crises is showing how much he's not up to the task of leading Google. Google needs to find their... —  read more 

What's your prediction as it relates to the possibility of Google Layoffs in 2019?

YouTube site is DOWN: Error 503 Internal Server Issues Returned - Google’s famous streaming site NOT WORKING. This all started at 6:20 pm PDT, or 9:20 pm PDT. Error is being returned! —  read more 

is it g00gle?

Now Google buying HTC, are they going to layoff the existing google pixel team? I heard they are building a huge pixel team.

wsws.org fell by 67 percent alternet.org fell by 63 percent globalresearch.ca fell by 62 percent consortiumnews.com fell by 47 percent socialistworker.org fell by 47 percent mediamatters.org fell by 42 percent commondreams.org fell by 37 percent... —  read more 

Why is Google Kirkland hiring so many bad people from Microsoft??? The new group leader pm I just met in a meeting is from there, and what a bag of Dilbert crap she said. —  read more 

I wrapped up my on-site interviews and felt that they went really well. Was just notified that the position is now "on hold" and that it had nothing to do with my performance in the interviews. Said that they were slowing down the process and... —  read more 

layoffs happened two weeks ago in Charlotte, and this week in Durham. "do no evil" yea, right google team. Their local leaders, especially in Atlanta and Charlotte are clueless. Their sales team leader had never sold anything...any you failed Fiber... —  read more 

what is going here?... last month and then now... http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/warn/WARN-Report-for-7-1-2016-to-02-10-2017.pdf —  read more 

Filed 1/12/2017, last day of employment will be in March 13 2017 - this is very rare for Google, layoffs typically do not happen - they are probably eliminating a group or two as they divest (e.g., I heard that they are not pushing Google Fiber that... —  read more 

http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/warn/WARN-Report-for-7-1-2016-to-01-25-2017.pdf

Google Fiber ordered to halve staff as Larry Page orders huge costs cut - move to wireless http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/08/25/google-fiber-ordered-to-halve-staff-as-larry-page-orders-huge-costs-cut-report/... —  read more 

I'm a Computer Science student who just graduated college, and got an offer from Microsoft, and Google. I'm currently debating which one is better. They both pay around the same. Any opinions/thoughts as to which one would be the better choice?... —  read more 

I'M a technician at Intel and wanting to leave the company after the major layoffs. Does anyone here work at the data centers? How do they like it? Intel used to be a great place to work, but after seven years at the company I'm attempting to explore... —  read more 

No $$$ in Terminators. I think they should hire Arnold to give the BU strategic direction.

Google is probably just biding their time to get it for nothing. There aren't a lot of other companies that could buy them. T-mobile doesn't have the cash and the FCC wouldn't allow AT&T or Verizon to snatch them up. —  read more 

What is the likelihood of Google layoffs in Mountain View in 2016? Please let me know if you have any information.

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It looks like you always grow, no layoffs right?

Google acquired Motorola last year, and as a part of its efforts to turn the cellphone maker into a more profitable operation the company announced that it plans let go of 4,000 Motorola employees.