Comment by a_vanderbilt

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.