1y ago

Google employees question execs over 'decline in morale' after blowout earnings

www.cnbc.com

At an all-hands meeting last week, Google executives responded to employee questions about declining morale even with financial performance improving.

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1y ago

Google employees question execs over 'decline in morale' after blowout earnings

www.cnbc.com /2024/05/08/google-staffers-question-execs-over-decline-in-morale-after-earnings.html

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1y ago

Google employees questioned leadership about cost cuts, layoffs and “morale” issues following the company’s better-than-expected first-quarter earnings report.

www.cnbc.com /2024/05/08/google-staffers-question-execs-over-decline-in-morale-after-earnings.html

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“We’ve noticed a significant decline in morale, increased distrust and a disconnect between leadership and the workforce,” a comment posted on an internal forum ahead of the meeting read. “How does leadership plan to address these concerns and regain the trust, morale and cohesion that have been foundational to our company’s success?”
Google is using artificial intelligence to summarize employee comments and questions for the forum.
bruh
- Nearly certainly that's collective action by the tech companies to lower salaries and reduce employee negotiation power.
  Tech workers need unions yesterday.
Don't be evil?
- We’d appreciate “don’t be a dickwad” at this point.
- but you can only make line go up by being evil!
Doesn't matter. 10s or 100s of thousands of people are lined up ready to take any job at Google.
Not like Google has high quality for most of its products in the last 15 years.
- Ever since wave shut down.
  
  I forgot about wave until my friend brought it up last night. I miss wave so much. Rip you beautiful Collab tool
TL;DR: "Look, you are here to make value for shareholders only. Everything else is expendable."
Someone mistyped 'morals'? Ysk.

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