[allthecybers]

> These days, questions for TGIF are pre-submitted and voted on. As Google has grown into a leaky behemoth, employees tell me these meetings have come to feel so scripted and benign that they no longer bother attending.

I enjoyed this excerpt from the article.

This is why I never attend all hands meetings anymore. Even at the peak of the layoffs and return to office turmoil, the all hands were held like nothing is happening. Employees show up to get answers, but instead it’s a panel about how awesome a particular leader is and their work on some nonsensical app.

I don’t miss out on anything by not going and get a few hours back every month. Win, win.

[nunez]

Working at Google wasn't a great experience (my time there was very short), but being able to ask Larry, Sergei and the rest of the SL team hard-hitting questions and get answers back was extremely cool. It's a shame that it turned into just another corporate all-hands.