26 things that Google employees are silent about

Working at Google seems like a career paradise to many. How can a position at one of the largest and most ambitious technology companies in the world be bad? The thread on the Quora question and answer site, where current and former employees of the corporation talk about their experiences, suggests that not everything is so clear. Working at Google isn't just about free food and cycling around campus.

Of course, these complaints should be treated with a certain degree of skepticism, but do not forget that working in a very large company has its unpleasant nuances.

Joe Cannella, former Senior Account Manager: 

Vlad Partyshev, former software engineer: 

Kathy Levinson, former software engineer in the Infrastructure Department: 

Anonymous employee:

Anonymous employee:

Former engineer:

Anonymous employee:

Anonymous employee:

"I was approached by Google with an offer to take a management position. At the same time, when I was hired, another person with the same name was hired. At some point in the HR department something was badly mixed up, and when I started working, I took a completely different, very low position instead of the one that suited another candidate with the same name as me.

The employment contract was very vague, and the corresponding person from the HR department had long since moved to another company, so no one could clarify the terms of the contract. To top it all off, Google paid for the transportation of my household property across the world to my home for no particular reason other than "this is not computable, error, error, error."

Kathy Levinson:

Sean Gerrish, former software engineer:

Anonymous employee:

Adrian Carballo, former software engineer:

"The cost of living in the Bay Area is crazy, and if you work off the Mountain View campus, you don't have much to do except work or hang out with colleagues. It sucks. You have access to free food all the time and to a lot of cafes, gyms, laundries, etc., but over time, when you start taking advantage of these benefits (because it's too convenient), you spend more and more time on vacation.

You start choosing the same thing day after day. You communicate more and more with the people you work with. In the end, I decided that it was time for more freedom... even if I had to pay for it. And Yes. I will be leaving the Bay Area very soon."

Former Head of the technical program:

Anonymous employee:

John L. Miller, former software engineer:

Jeff Nelson, who invented the Google Chrome browser:

Anonymous employee:

Ann K. Holsall, grocery designer:

Dimitar Boyanchev, freelancer:

Kathy Levinson:

Nathan Jospe, former engineer:

Nathan Jospe: