As to 'common knowledge,' it is common knowledge outside of google that tons of people are leaving because every week someone new shows up from google at these companies. Enough that people notice, kinda like Yahoo. Google is melting.
The other oft cited metric is the headcount freeze, while there is still aggressive hiring. Put that together... turnover.
If you like it, I don't think Google is a terrible place to work. The opposite is true I'm sure. You're getting a disk golf course that we're not allowed to use ( bastards ;) ). But for whatever reason, dissatisfaction and turnover are high. This could simply be attributed to being all growds up.
I do know the numbers, though I can't share them, and Google's turnover is ridiculously low. Much lower than I would expect from any company in Silicon Valley, which has a notoriously fluid job market.
It's also false that there's a headcount freeze: the total number of employees at Google has increased significantly over the past year.
As to 'common knowledge,' it is common knowledge outside of google that tons of people are leaving because every week someone new shows up from google at these companies. Enough that people notice, kinda like Yahoo. Google is melting.
The other oft cited metric is the headcount freeze, while there is still aggressive hiring. Put that together... turnover.
If you like it, I don't think Google is a terrible place to work. The opposite is true I'm sure. You're getting a disk golf course that we're not allowed to use ( bastards ;) ). But for whatever reason, dissatisfaction and turnover are high. This could simply be attributed to being all growds up.