Do Google employees actually use any of this stuff? The workflows are terrible, I can't imagine they aren't bothered by these same problems.
I'm sure they use it plenty, just all in the same exact way. i have this problem because i have my personal and 2 work accounts that are customer specific.
The flows can definitely be improved and I'd attribute this to it being a hard implementation problem rather than a lack of awareness around what a good flow looks like. Most companies don't even try to support letting you log into multiple accounts at one time. Having multiple domains (google.com, youtube.com, Google Apps domains) makes it even more complex.