왜 나는 구글을 떠났는가. 아니 왜 그렇게 오래 머물렀는가. Waze를 2013년 구글에 1조원에 매각하고 7년동안 웨이즈 CEO로 있다가 최근 사임한 노암 바딘의 블로그 글. 뛰어난 통찰력을 가지고 있고 글도 잘 쓰는 이스라엘 스타트업 CEO. 구글이라는 초거대 테크기업에 인수된 스타트업 창업자의 생각과 경험을 느낄 수 있는 글. (직선적으로 말하길 좋아하는 이스라엘 사람...) 구글에 대한 불만이라기 보다는 엄청난 연봉과 복지혜택을 받으면서도 워라벨을 따지고 불평 불만을 일삼는 구글 직원들에 대한 원망이 느껴지는 글. ㅎㅎ 직원이 요가 수업을 받아야 해서 미팅을 못하겠다고 해서 짜증이 났다는 내용. "Today, in Silicon Valley, work life balance has become sacrificing Work for Life - not a balance. Young people want it all - they want to get promoted quickly, achieve economic independence, feel fulfilled at Work, be home early, not miss the Yoga class at 11:00am etc. Having trouble scheduling meetings because “it's the new Yoga instructor lesson I cannot miss” or “I’m taking a personal day” drove me crazy." 판데믹으로 식량을 제대로 구하지 못하는 국민들이 많은데 재택근무하면서 왜 식사비를 비용처리 안해주냐고 불평하는 구글 직원들이 한심하다는 얘기. " everyone working in the tech space is SUPER LUCKY. If you happen to work for one of the tech corporations - you are even luckier. You get unbelievable conditions (food, gym, offsites, travel), amazing economic wealth creation, can work on amazing things surrounded by the best and the brightest. But many of the people I met did not understand or appreciate it. Tech workers leaving college directly to Corp-Tech and never working for a “real company” end up spending their time complaining about the wrong things. When COVID hit and we moved to work from home - a huge amount of complaints began around why can't employees expense food since they are not in the office. While most "real" people were worried about keeping their jobs or finding one, many employees were complaining about expensing their food on top of their salaries/stock/bonuses. "