[jefftk]

I worked at Google from 2012 to 2022 and this didn't match my experience, for what it's worth. There were some people who coasted, but it was not common. There were a lot of people who got much less done than you might expect due to bureaucratic friction, but my coworkers were generally very enthusiastic to take on important things.

[JAlexoid]

Important things and delivery of features are two very different things.

Rewriting a Linux kernel module is "important", but rarely impactful.

[jdewerd]

Right, but the engineering output exists... in the google graveyard.