‘Morale is at an all-time low’: Ex-Googler writes scathing latter slamming layoffs and ‘eroded’ culture::An ex-Googler wrote a 1,500-word letter criticizing the firm and CEO Sundar Pichai’s lack of “visionary leadership.”

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    10 months ago

    Yep, layoffs tend to hurt culture and trust.

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      10 months ago

      Some companies seem to thrive on regular culls in the name of operational efficiencies. All that happens is talent leaves the organisation and then those left behind struggle because expertise has gone.

      It erodes good will and good will is something you can’t win back.

      By the time things look like they are normalising, in comes another cull!

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          10 months ago

          They become quiet quitters. Barely putting any effort in and doing the bare minimum.

          Folks are not going to bail out company decisions to cull by working extra harder.

          They tidy CV and look for next opportunity.

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      10 months ago

      Layoffs while at the same time handing the CEO $200 million for a single year.

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        10 months ago

        Yep, that will definitely help employee morale.