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Re: Google putting up fence and gate to keep execs from leaving

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:01:29 -0000

I laugh at you, since as far as I know they're a private company. Since that's the case they could what they want. What would you do without being able to 'google' something. They could close up shop, without any loss to them and cause all sorts of havoc.

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Alex — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:08:20 -0000

Why are you so obsessed with Good and Evil ???!!!! Google is not as evil as it is Good, it is an excellent business and it will work as long as people have faith in it. This is not the kind of faith where Good or Evil is involved. This is the kind of faith employees, managers, stakeholders and shareholders share to make it work !

Check out the website http://www.themostpowerfulc... it is fun !

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Atlanta Fence Company — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:41:50 -0000

Ha. Excellent image and excellent post! Very Nice!
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Oprah — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:16:57 -0000

Negative people upset me too, Steve!

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philo — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:22:49 -0000

i love that word frigtard!!! i'm just a little guy running with about 150k a month in ppc and i do the best i can on the natural side for what they are willing to pay!!! black hat is always just a day away... i pay for my own haircuts and blah blah blah, i absolutely do not get lobster tail for lunch... in fact i'm pretty sure i don't get a lunch... it must be nice to be smart!!! at least now i know what i'm up against!

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P-man — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:05:47 -0000

Let me guess: Googler who just heard he might not be as awesome as he thought / was convinced to be...? :-DDD

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Googler — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:08:06 -0000

....but then you put them into this horribly dull and easy drone work on AdWords and AdSense and they're all bored to tears and totally disappointed...

Very true. You must be thinking of the customer support job where we have to deal with basic account administration, investigating couple of clicks, processing refunds etc. What a challenge! I'm doing this as my core job with 5 years background in online marketing. Why? Well, this is a question I will keep asking myself in the next couple of days.

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whatshisname — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:42:49 -0000

You know the craziest thing is that this blog was sent to me by a Googler. Im an ex googler and those are exactly the reasons why i left. And the funniest thing is that my closest fiend whos is also an ex googler left google for the same reason -and heres the freaky part- she had actually GOT an offer from McKinsey which she left for Google for precisely the reasons mentioned here. We talk about this all the time! Theres a whole bunch of us disgruntled ex googlers (and googlers) out there who feel very very cheated...

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fake b gates — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:55:34 -0000

don't give them ideas please, anything is better than ms

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Guest — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:36:15 -0000

Brilliant. Don't never come out here and be a real person.

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John — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:47:27 -0000

Facebook poaches Google chef

April 4, 2008

There’s always a danger when a key employee leaves for a new company that he or she will stir things up by taking a few co-workers along, but some defections can be particularly grating. Looking to coddle its growing workforce a bit more, Facebook started shopping for its own executive chef in January. And when Sheryl Sandberg came over from Google to become COO last month, she said she knew just the guy at her old place. Everything panned out and now, as Carolyn Jung (until recently, the Merc’s food editor) reports at Food Gal, Josef Desimone has been whisked away to become the new Facecook. Valleywag tells us that Sandberg and Desimone blended well at the Googleplex, quoting one ex-employee saying, “Josef was Sheryl’s favorite chef at Google. Every time she moved buildings, so did he.” Apparently, though, not everyone is steamed at the departure. A health-conscious Googler tells Valleywag, “Everyone hated his cafes. He had the worst heavy, everything-fried menus.” We await the reviews from the new venue. Now the question is whether Google will retaliate — maybe Sergey Brin will hire away Mark Zuckerberg’s personal ski waxer or something.

http://svextra.com/blogs/gm...

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akersmc — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:37:36 -0000

" we've got pony rides on Tuesday afternoons."

Are they My Little Pony rides?

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James — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:14:50 -0000

Different from what, precisely? The mythical asshole googlers? My friend, you do not even know me. You should not presume to judge my character based on a few dry arguments.

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DocHolliday324 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:35:52 -0000

Great post. I never really looked at Google that way before. Nice work FS.

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gEvil — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:53:50 -0000

Couldn't agree more. Everyone's f-ing tired of the "semi-nasty super-spoiled children who really believe they're superior beings" with their "Don't be Evil" shit, given that they can't wait 2 secs before getting on their knees and sucking up to the Chinese. While the Tibetans are being burnt alive, the frigtard edits and keeps any news of that showing up on his search-engine results.

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Santosh — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:33:48 -0000

And we forgive your delusion that you are any different. That too is common.

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Prosha — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:21:53 -0000

Awesome!!!!!!
Psst! Google>secret Gov program>Googlers infiltration >
"one day former Googlers get a phone call to activate orders........."

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James — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:50:47 -0000

Most people here are pretty nice. Except me. I am a meanie.

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James — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:48:44 -0000

Responding to criticism is not the same as an inability to "take" it, though I can forgive your confusion; it is common.

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Winslow Theramin — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:02:28 -0000

Microsoft should just put an Ad Blocker into IE. Shows over.

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Will Robinson — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:53:35 -0000

You know Steve, you're so right, it's amazing how clear thinking you cult leaders can be sometimes.

As for Google, well all I have to say is "I use Goggle, because Google is gay"

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rss — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:35:29 -0000

And seriously, who is this wanker 20-or-30-something tosspot anyway? And who gives a flying frig what fool is willing to pay him big $ for nothing now (EMItards). Hard to take him seriously with such a lame haircut, no real talent to speak of academically (psychology PhD for CIO, yeah as-if), and it's clear he is just some sort of silver-spoon bozo. How such idiots get big paying jobs with Google to begin with is something to wonder about. Clearly not based on skills/experience/etc. That's pretty pathetic in and of itself.

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andrew — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:20:17 -0000

hahah what a great storry dude.

hahaha

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fake eric schoenfeld — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:18:22 -0000

James is right. Those are the flaws in an otherwise wonderful, hysterical, and insightful article.

We only see Googlers as nasty/arrogant because that's the media stereotype. I've met a few dozenm, and they were all incredibly nice, though ever-so-slightly cultish. And the cultishness immediately disappeared as soon as that stock price plunge. Like magic.

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FHC — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:14:00 -0000

Because Sergey doesn't speak English, and Eric is well.... squirrel boy is just not the brightest on the planet. But that's why he supports me.... easy to get money from him. He doesn't like Osama.