What Sucks About Working at Google
I don't have as much insight into Google as I'd like, though what I hear isn't always good, especially when it comes to pay. That Google has historically paid below market wasn't an issue for earlier employees who grew rich after the company went public. Today, however, despite the continued cache that working at Google confers, the low pay can sting. But that's apparently not the only gripe of people who've worked at Google. Over the weekend, TechCrunch obtained what looks like an authentic thread of emails from ex-Googlers elaborating on what they liked, and what they hated, about their experiences at the company. The list is long, and many of the same complaints resurface time and again, including around Google's "ruthlessly inefficient" hiring process, which has become notoriously long. (Google's 20th employee, David DesJardins, told me that back in 1999, he was offered a job three days after calling the company. Today, it routinely takes three to six months to land a job there.)
