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by gautamdivgi 1095 days ago
For any large company I think you overestimate the amount of control that CEO’s and HR heads have. I mean they make broad policy decisions based on some cost & growth numbers.

I think the whole project killing long precedes Sundar or Ruth. In fact chrome (which Sundar handled product for I believe) is something that has endured.
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vineyardmike 1095 days ago
> I think you overestimate the amount of control that CEO’s and HR heads have.

As an example, if I was CEO…

Killing any public facing product requires CEO approval. Boom instant oversight and change in behavior. Quickly raises the cost of killing something and the CEO can decide the brand damage and financials.

If I was Ruth…

All promotions should show the employee has an understanding of long term value, and understands how to help maintain a big system.

At places I’ve worked in the past promos expect to see on-call success wins and bug fixes and similar as part of a well rounded packet. Seems like an easy add.

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toast0 1095 days ago
Top down management is limited, but they set the criteria for promotions and bonuses, and the layers underneath at least pay lip service to the criteria, and employees respond to incentives for the most part.

If you reward new products and don't reward continuing support on products without enough revenue/growth, that looks a lot like Google.

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