An excellent place to work, but some teams can get too political
An excellent place to work, but some teams can get too political
• Very smart people • Excellent work/life balance • Excellent benefits • Easy to move across the company • Great campus life
Some teams have too much politics, often against the best interests of the company.
Many teams prefer to reinvent the wheel (i.e., the "not invented here" syndrome).
Promotions are often based on personal connections with managers rather than work.
Mediocre dining choices on campus.
Please consider Google's model for promotion, where the promotion committee members do not personally know the candidate and base their decision on facts rather than on personal relationships and politics.
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