Google needs less of so called product-"leadership" (like PMs and management) who are usually drivers of the aforementioned politics. The engineers need to have control to actually let engineering and metrics drive these decisions.
>The successful applicant will be hired as freelancer (independent contractor) through the Mozilla Foundation’s third-party service Upwork (www.upwork.com).
Not knowing much about Mozilla, is this the norm there?
> For hourly contracts they take random snapshots of your desktop in 10 minutes intervals and they measure your mouse movements and key presses to show your activity
I thought you might have been exaggerating, but that truly is utterly absurd! I just can't believe people actually work under such conditions!
I've used Upwork as a freelancer. The last part is false: they never charge transfer fees (at least in the US), and you typically receive funds in 1-2 weeks.
Napoleon and Hitler were both shorter than the average and they were powerful leaders. Looking at their place in history I am confused about the research implications. I just search on Internet and the list is very large: http://www.ranker.com/list/shortest-world-leaders-from-histo... we cannot forget Putin!
I've been comparing and buying on either Jet or Amazon recentlly. As a result, I've been buying on Jet more frequently.
Jet has a smaller selection but they usually have a good enough range on the price-value curve that it's not a big problem. Like for like, they are indeed cheaper than Amazon and free 2 day delivery is always a plus. Of course their model is lower prices with a bit more delayed deliveries.
Unfortunately this posturing is not because of any independence in Mozilla or any new revenue generating ability. Instead, they've just to switched to Yahoo/Bing's side now.
A candidate is taking time from their busy schedule and are considering making a contribution to your company/team/project. You should appreciate that more.
In the real world, shit happens. There are an inordinate amount of things that can go wrong and delay someone. In this case it's all the worse, since the problem was the interviewers own organization. The interviewer should be apologizing on behalf of his organization instead of being an asshole.
No, I think there is justification. In the real world, people aren't stoic and patient, especially executives who have their day planned out to the minute. The applicant did everything right here, and I'm not defending the interviewers, just trying to think about how that situation comes about. If the applicant was on time, would the interview have gone the same way? I don't think so.
You're conflating explanation with justification. Being a pissy asshole like described is explanable, but not justified: it betrays a deep lack of professionalism, and is a giant black mark on the interviewer.
Equivalent situation: If someone turns up 30 minutes late because they wanted to catch a couple extra zs, that's also understandable, but is just as unjustified and makes them just as much a jackass.
As professionals, we are called to treat everyone with dignity and respect, no matter what bug happened to crawl up our ass this morning.
Google has a lot of internal discussions in town halls, G+, TGIFs, memegen etc. You don't have to know someone personally to know how they approach issues.
Also I can completely understand why the Googler on reddit chose to remain anonymous. There's a pretty vocal brigade of "rabble rousers"(for lack of a better term) at Google.
