Comment by a_vanderbilt
2 years ago
HR is one of the few parts of Google that span the entire org, and there have been some ridiculous motions coming out of it. I imagine managements queasiness about Gemini saying something bad combined with the typical Google infighting led to Gemini having some stupid design decisions.
> and there have been some ridiculous motions coming out of it
Could you be more specific?
It boils down to: Google has an open culture, and that sometimes is at odds with the org at large. When one silo wants one thing but another silo wants something else, who wins? Google HR often contorts themselves into impossible positions to satisfy both. It is inevitable that HR makes bad decisions and recently they have had some particularly bad controversies, like union busting, sexual harassment, middle eastern and Sino policies that add fuel to the fire.