At an all-hands meeting last week, Google executives responded to employee questions about declining morale even with financial performance improving.

At an all-hands meeting last week, Google executives responded to employee questions about declining morale even with financial performance improving.

  • iAvicenna@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    2 months ago

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

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      13·
      2 months 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.