Comments on: Google: Bored at the Core

By: Yura

Yura — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:58:32 +0000

Every company has an employee retention rate. Google’s is high, but not 100%. I don’t see why it is such a surprise and why people make a story out of it.

And yes, it is true that Google leavers can afford to start their own companies and are looking for new experience.

By the way, I’ve been in so many startup projects, that TI want to finally dedicate myself to one for more than a couple of years 😉

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:53:38 +0000

Companies change as they become bigger and so do the individuals that work there. When the two don’t fit, people will leave.

I suspect that working at Google now might not be as financially rewarding as it was a few years ago when the stock was rising relatively faster.

By: Peter Wood

Peter Wood — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:45:47 +0000

I think it’s an inevitable part of success on such a large scale. Motivated and talented people are hard to find and even harder to hold onto when the challenge is no longer there to the same degree.
I agree that google is no longer hip and happening, a victim of their own success perhaps.
Any company that starts to become so dominant in any area of business will inevitably be viewed in a different light.
I believe that keeping a business at the top is still a big challenge in itself, but perhaps not as big a challenge as getting it to the top in the first place though.

By: Erica DeWolf

Erica DeWolf — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:48 +0000

Even if all of these Googlites weren’t leaving Google, the fact remains that “the chase is over,” as pittfall had previously pointed out. They have no where left to go but down.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:37:57 +0000

Yes it is indeed interesting to see all these people leaving Google – perhaps because they want to take back that innovative spirit that got them there.

Could the rising stock price have anything to do with it. It seems everytime I turn around Google is stock is up another $100/share. What are we at now $700 something? It’s a good poker game folks!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:45:35 +0000

There are a lot of good business people that like to make business better and larger. I really believe that these people leaving Google just want another challenge, a new company to build.

By: pittfall

pittfall — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:04:33 +0000

For so many it’s the thrill… the chase that excites people. The chase is over (by a long-shot). Google’s #1. It’s like they don’t even have to show up at the game to win…

I am sure that there is more red tape than before the IPO. Google owns the search market, why wouldn’t their best brains want a challenge?

I think they are leaving, a) because they can afford to and b) they want a challenge.