Former Google employee sees company culture change: from heaven to pessimism

A former Google employee Claire StapletonWhat once viewed the company’s culture as a “heaven” has changed its mind and now sees the environment as “pretty bleak”, especially as the company laid off about 12,000 employees in February. In the New York Times “First Person” podcast, the former marketing manager shared his vision for the company’s 12 years helping to manage its corporate image.

Claire said the company was kind of a cheerleader. But over the years, she became disillusioned. How the company treats its employeessees them as “second-class citizens”. He, too, began to feel the futility of his job and to see Google’s advantages as a manipulation of culture.

In 2018, Claire, along with nearly 20,000 Google employees, staged a protest in response to the company’s handling of sexual harassment allegations. The former Google employee said at the time that he believed this move would be a positive step for the company. He was even given a Doc Martens by Google to commemorate his activism, but a restructuring of his position at the company soon led to his permanent departure.

Google mass layoffs

Regarding the recent mass layoffs, Claire describes it as a “grab of power” and “the opposite of what Larry and Sergey intended for the company,” citing founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Claire’s advice is for employees to approach “corporate advertising” with caution and remember that “business won’t love you back.”