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Google employees question execs over 'decline in morale' after blowout earnings (www.cnbc.com)
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At an all-hands meeting last week, Google executives responded to employee questions about declining morale even with financial performance improving.

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[–] 55 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Huh who would have seen that coming out of prioritising income over employees (and users)

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Exactly, the CEO uses the word "expense" to refer to employees at least 4 times according to my count.

    “The problem is a couple of years ago — two years ago, to be precise — we actually got that upside down and expenses started growing faster than revenues,” said Porat

    They even joke that they need to give a Finance 101 Ted Talk, as if that will help. From their perspective, employees are not people. They're not even resources to be nurtured. They're expenses. And the company has a duty to keep expenses low.

    What a tone-deaf response.

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