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> google became such a numb bureaucratic monolith, its really sad

It's the same with all those other FAANG companies. Working for them must be very close to being a public servant.

As a public servant the op’s post basically describes my past year as well. People with no long term view on an institution completely misread a situation and refused to do any investigation into what was actually going on. The difference in public service is I got sent on the road to forced resignation specifically because I was working 2-4 hours unpaid each day against policy (without saying a word) to cover for others and keep our departments role in the agency together, which i don’t think would ever Be an issue at google.

In my experience public servants got way more autonomy in their decisions then any private worker. Saying no is like ... a no. And then there is a formal paper trail to turn it over if anyone wants to.

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